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Due of her upbringing, Kaihra felt perfectly content listening to Finley's life story without giving any insight into her own. It wasn't that she had anything to hide, per se, but she feared what could happen if she let another wolf get too close. So when Finley did not return her questions, she came to take pleasure in their one-sided conversation. She gradually found her attention fixed more on the ashen girl than on the path, and she let loose a nervous laugh when her companion described the rather morbid image of her pup-popping mother. "She can't have birthed too many more." Kaihra said with a gentle shrug, but bit her lip soon after. Finley appeared at least a year younger than she, meaning the girl could easily have a dozen little siblings by now if the girl had not exaggerated her mother's habits of reproduction.

Kaihra shook herself of the thought and realized the ground now sloped at steeper pace than before. She could feel the extra effort in every step and wondered if Finley felt it, too. "We'll be reaching rougher ground soon." She shot an uncertain glance at her companion. It was not so much the climb that scared her - she'd been up enough mountains to know herself capable of travelling along the terrain to come - but rather the uncertainty of what they would face along the way. That was what set her nerves on fire.