Blackfoot Forest bird song

Heph nodded her head, and murmed beneath her breath, more to confirm to herself "Atka." It was a pretty name, started and ended with a similar soft sound giving it a kind of open quality to the speaking of it.

She felt Atka's gaze on her and took the time to let her own brown eyes flit over the other wolf. The other canine approached slowly no attack evident in her movements and Heph matched her speed making her own movements obvious enough as she worked to indicate that she was simply moving closer. Her nose stretched forward a few extra inches to catch the scent of the other wolf and she let her own posture stay loose and open once she had inhaled in case the other wolf wished to assess what she may. "No need, you were quite graceful, I don't think I know any wolves capable of scaling trees." Heph spoke with a smile, a light teasing quality there but no malice to indicate a lie, it was true Atka had been quite graceful. The black and grey wolf smelled of where she had been traveling, a more open plains, these forests, wading into the water and perhaps the mud on the banks.

Glad that they were both at ease enough to laugh Heph leaned into a joke, she couldn't help the slight tilt of her head as her voice dragged across the words, flirtatious and bubbly "Well I wouldn't consider myself easy...." But she was enjoying the other's company and so her voice took on a genuine even-ness to it as she answered the question in a more serious vein "I'm afraid I'm wandering through these parts and don't know where the best hunting is, but I would be happy to team up if you're interested in finding other prey?" There were many reasons a wolf might not be part of a pack, and some wolves (even if they were in a pack) worked better or preferred to work alone but Heph had learned both and found that she did not mind the give and take of the hunt shared with another if the fellow wolf was amenable.