Neverwinter Forest Do I Dare

Well, my post got eaten, so have a short version. May edit later

Mal was just finishing up his patrol for the day, sprucing up the well tended borders and all that jazz. Nothing weird out, though in the past week he'd noticed that one stupid chick had seemed to have gone by the outer reaches. She'd best stay out there, the pack was growing and luck wouldn't favor her acting like queen of the twits forever. Maybe that one new guy might want to take a chunk out of her. Time would tell.

But before he turned towards the territory's heart, he spotted someone else lingering outside. Why did none of them howl? It made them all look suspicious, regardless of intentions. Mal moved to intercept, putting on the facade of cheer that he'd grown used to. More habit than mood today, he still had things to work through. The chick out there seemed to be about his age, and not anyone he recognized. You're at Neverwinter. Looking for something or did I just have the fortune of seeing you as you pass on by? Mal did these days walk more confidently around his territory, but he wasn't the overbearing sort, he'd rather have his amiable but a little devious expression have more of the focus.