Blackfoot Forest A Place to Belong

The stranger apologized immediately and he seemed both genuine and sincere. Her nostrils flared slightly and she arched her brow at him when he mentioned the scents. His mistake seemed rather witless, yet Pied said nothing. Instead, she frowned slightly at the word old. Were Bon Dye's scent markers so stale that a stranger couldn't discern them as current? The thought was disquieting.

The directness of the question surprised her. "I'm not going to answer any questions until we remove ourselves to the borders," she said coolly, then gestured for him to begin walking as she fell into step behind him. "And not until we at least introduce ourselves. I'm Pied." The requisite, Who're you? was heavily implied by her subsequent silence as she continued to escort him out of the territory.