Noctisardor Bypass With realism on the sparsest of sets

For a brief moment she'd forgotten who he was -- their meeting had been brief, but once she scented him the memory linked up again. So no weirdness there. It had just been a while since she'd seen him in person, which made sense, she'd been taking care of the pups. But that was probably something that should be remedied now. She should get to know him better -- get to know what he wanted out of life and that whole normal thing. So her glance turned quickly inquisitive.

But he was not one she was angry at. There was no reason to point it at him. So it was with that pause and a catlike flick of her tail that she spoke. Soleon, was her greeting. Terse as usual. Have you learned the territory? Anything here that you would like assistance with? I'll be going on a patrol... soon. Can go wherever along the way. It would surely be better than thinking more about what she had been. Any distraction in a storm, in a metaphorical sense.