Nimbus Summit natbri

heda grinned, and this time it showed a little more in her face. she was just about to shout something similar at the fox when her instincts jerked her around with a screeching halt. 
a stranger.
it was not her first time meeting strangers. but it had been a long time since she had met one without an adult. and this man was massive, easily dwarfing herself as well as anyone else she'd seen since the taiga. his words were apologetic but his eyes were like the inside of a glacier.
heda glanced at veteran. she gathered herself and tried to stand tall, the way that issorartuyok and lane waited at the borders. "we're new," the girl chose to begin. "our pack is called atautsikut." she was careful with the pronunciation. "all of us are claiming this mountain."
she wanted to be friendly but let him know that she and veteran were not alone. the girl watched him with her golden eyes.