Blackfoot Forest The Modification of a Wolf

As Hawkeye explained who Kimblee was, Pied watched the apparition carefully. He continued to stare at the back of the large female's head, absolutely motionless. Without warning, he then evaporated into thin air. This development made Pied's brow knit together, as if frustrated. She looked surreptitiously around the clearing, yet he hadn't reappeared elsewhere. A flap of Mag's wings in a treetop overhead momentarily snagged her attention, then the piebald Sigma's attention drifted back to Hawkeye.

Right then, Hawkeye blurted something about magical powers. The way she phrased it made Pied uneasy, as if she knew something and was trying to catch the Agwe'en in a lie. Calmly, she asked, "What makes you say that? If you're wondering why I asked, I suddenly realized that your name was familiar. Sorry for prying." She left it at that, the apology genuine even if misdirected.

"You were about to say something about Kimblee," Pied reminded gently after a pause. "Tell me about your brother?" She phrased it as a polite request, even as she folded her mottled haunches to the ground and wrapped her tail snugly around herself. She felt cold all of a sudden, something she noted along with the fact that the ghost still hadn't reappeared.