Blackfeather Woods Praying to the label itself

she inhaled the brisk breeze tearing across the open lands and tugging at their fur as it rustled the branches above. that was the only thing she appreciated about open spaces, the refreshing winds could be great- the woods were much too sheltered for that. she glances down at the boy then, curious as to what he thought. he didn't make it easy for her either, remaining at his quietest since they'd started moving. could she blame him though? her mind couldn't even begin to imagine what it must be like to gaze upon all this after only ever living protected amongst the trees. but was it just her imagination or did he seem to shrink away from it? it came as a surprise, she'd been more expecting to have to stop him trying to venture out but he seemed all too content to stay embraced in the trees. a small smile tugs at dark lips, definitely couldn't blame him for that.

"hey don't worry, there's just as many forests out there too...although blackfeather is known to be one of the darkest, we're pretty cool like that. the other ones don't have so many trees so close together...or crows" she shoots bertók an amused glance at that as he caws softly from a branch he'd perched on. really she didn't know if blackfeather was known for that but it was certainly darker than your average forest and the raven thing had to be true, the name kind of gave that away. anyway it gave him something to know the woods for so she'd give him that. "c'mon, we've got ground to cover" she'd nudge him gently to break him out of his reverie and start moving slowly along the trees edge. once certain that he was following and paying attention, she'd speak again; tone soft. 

"so your mother might've told you but we're obviously not the only pack around here. so even though usually the other packs are good and keep to their own territory's, we've got to be careful in case another pack ever wants to try and take ours. it doesn't usually happen though so don't worry" she doesn't bother mentioning the melonii, she was pretty sure moonshadow wouldn't appreciate her making him nervous. "the borders are usually quite quiet but we've got to watch them just in case. sometimes lone wolves come here too and we can't let them in unless they want to join our pack, when that happens you'd call for whoever's leading your pack- in this case maegi, jakoul and i." she glances down at him, hoping he's able to keep up. he seems smart though so she's not too worried that he'll be confused, plus she trusted he'd speak up if he had any questions.

"most importantly though- do you get that smell? it's like the smell on all of us but much stronger, that's the smell of our pack and we have to keep the smell strong at the borders so lone wolves know we own this. the stronger the borders smell shows how often we check them, so no one will want to try and trespass if the border's smell strong because they'll know we check them a lot." with that she crouches to add her own smell to a weaker patch. after straightening she turns to the boy and lets a small grin play at her features; "wanna mark your first border?"