Arrow Lake Show no fear, for she may fade away.

He hoped she might find more for herself, which was... charming? Nyx, plagued by her mental health and gripped by paranoia, found herself wondering if this was some odd way of sweet-talking her. Perhaps he wished to use her to his advantage, keep her keen by lavishing praise and attention, but the tawny wolfess uttered no response. She didn't have the energy to counter his words, nor did she care to appease him with her own.

Life was blunt. It was cruel and unkind. To survive was all she really had to keep her going.

"I would scout," she told him, content to turn from more personal matters to professional ones, "I like the freedom of the road."