Blacktail Deer Plateau respite

her thoughts were broken by the call. the ivory beast would shift her neck briefly, though she did not look directly at the other. no, t'was a small turn, her eyes focused to acknowledge yet not dart away from the land below. "hail and well met" she would respond calmly. perhaps it was foolish to let the other see your back, but Heloise did not feel intimidation nor hostility from the other. no, it was more kin to friendliness. 

and as such, she saw no reason to be rude back. nor display a weary attitude. the scent of outside was on the stranger's coat, though the woman could not pinpoint an exact realm. wherever it was, it was beyond her knowledge. satisfied with having mapped out a small piece of the wilds in her mind, she would at last turn fully to the other. a younger woman it seemed. "have you just arrived here as I have?" perhaps she had been long on the road. too eager to keep a conversation flowing.