Snowforest Taiga i found my beat, it's in your sound

a soft hello? startled erendryn from his thoughts. anxiety curdled in his already-painful stomach, but he forced it down and turned to greet the dark-furred she-wolf who had called to him. oh uh, hi, he said, immediately feeling tense and awkward like he always did around strangers. he almost said something else, but it occurred to him that he didn't have anything of worth to say to a stranger, so he left it at the greeting and watched the other wolf awkwardly.