Horizon Ridge xiii. everybody says the world is ending

She offered a small smile at this coincidence; it was on the tip of her tongue to quip might that I could live up to her, then, but the wistful tint of his smile staved her words - uncertain if the woman was someone he'd lost. "It's nice to meet you," she murmured after a moment, and meant it, oddly at ease though he was a stranger. 

"Not yet," she admitted, only to clarify, "my group has been headed that way, we plan to settle on the Coast though we've yet to choose a location." 

"Does your pack live there?" She asked, detecting the perfume of pack life imbedded in his pelt.