Moonspear comedic timing

The commotion was done with by the time Alya arrived, and her sister was already warning the male away. This seemed terribly short-sighted to the shewolf, even as she too felt the need to hurry Markus away from their borders. "I'll see him on his way," she said to her sister, so that Hydra would know she need not worry herself further with the male. It was plain to see that the interaction had rubbed her sister the wrong way, but Alya found herself yet unaffected -- and she had questions for the male.

"Pleased to meet you, Markus. I'm Alya, of Moonspear," she said with a slight but friendly wag of her tail. She turned as if to depart the way she'd come, but waited for Markus to join her. "Where did you come from?" she asked him, her voice polite but intent. "Was the earth shaking there as well?"