Redtail Rise i've been watching him for my entire life

her gaze grows hard at his trailed-off statement. of course he can sense the scarcity of wolves as illustrated by their border, but she doesn't yet know whether she can trust this man. to admit vulnerability would be folly.

you fighh'? she asks sharply instead, looking him over. hunhh'? i needh 'em bohh'.

a fighter, especially. she doesn't doubt Tulimaq can do battle, but she needs a war chieftain to stand alongside the huntmaster, and this one seems a good choice, if he can prove loyal. 

she stands and waits, wondering how he'll take her—lean build, garbled tongue and all.