Bramblepoint does not equal a weak one

This prickly place scarce suits her family, or their purposes, yet they linger nonetheless. She knows they need to keep moving, to find a place of their own to claim, but the thought only reminds her of her lost sister. She'd told herself in the first weeks that Araceli would be back any day now, and this mantra still keeps her panic at bay, though she repeats it to herself with less conviction each day now. Still, she clings to the notion. If Araceli is truly gone, then her own hesitance to lead her family further west has been pointless — and admitting that seems almost as impossible as letting go of her hopes for her sister.
It is these thoughts that keep her up throughout the night, first shifting restlessly at @Aldric's side for hours before she'd given up on sleep entirely and, with a brief kiss to her mate's forehead, departed her sleeping family to patrol the rest of the forest. She feels safer this way, at least, knowing her family will not be taken unaware by some unknown assailant in the fog. No matter what @Eastwood might believe, the world is vast and cold and knows nothing of honor, and knowing this she would not put random acts of savagery past her kin. Nor cannibalism, starved as the land is; the thought unsettles her, but it also inspires a hint of bitterness. And Eastwood thinks me the monster.
A crunch from somewhere in the forest draws her from her thoughts, and she stills, breath held as she listens. Pawsteps, light but slow, and getting closer, though she cannot make out the source from her position. She knows, at least, that it is a wolf, young and healthy; the scent tells her that much. She takes a single step, letting her breath out carefully, silent as the dull morning shadows around her. Then, deciding she would rather begin this encounter on her own terms, she calls out to the stranger. This forest is even more dreadful while blind, isn't it? She calls amiably into the fog, directing her words toward the other's scent and taking another step forward.