Emberwood Old Rhythm, New Beats

His compliment oddly felt good. A genuine smile brightened her features with a mild thump of her tail, she couldn't help it - the feeling of doing something good was uplifting. Even if his obvious offer to come with her back to the pack was enough to slow the thump and give her smile an awkward tinge to it. 

We called it the Reneian Empire - come, I'll introduce you to everyone. Even if she would have preferred for him to go his own way, it would be against the empire ways of a new beginning and forgiving the past. She had to have faith in Takeshi, and hope that everyone else would accept him too.

Getting up from her seat she turned her back on the man and began padding her way back from where she came from, this time, she didn't look back and simply knew he would follow her regardless.