Kintla Flatlands Wake me up when September ends

He expected the wolf to move along and disappear into the rainy darkness. Instead, he made his way over to Peregrine, though he stopped a few dozen paces away and just stared silently. Peregrine felt that same trepidation, though now he could see that this was just your average young wolf. His black eyes freaked out the Alpha male, for lack of a better word.

Now that he was up close, Peregrine could also making out the other wolf's ventral fade, which reminded him of his brother, Crete. A sudden thought occurred to him and he blurted, "Are you dumb? Not dumb as in stupid but dumb as in mute?"