Blackfoot Forest bird song

Heph smiled back, a little bit unsure about how Atka had taken her proposal when she moved away but the friendly wag of the lighter wolf's tail and turning back to face her made Heph think that she was not eager to part ways. A grin flitted across her features at the light almost flirtatious tone that Atka used, it was always more fun a conversation of push and pull when the other party was participating. While Heph enjoyed conversation which danced between two wolves it was downright awkward and silly to try and pull someone along who was not enjoying an exchange.

Wagging her own tail and moving in after Atka she tipped her head blinking slowly. If Atka wished she would lead the hunt, had been taught, in theory, how to do it but she had not been one of the best hunters in her pack and had more practice following and playing a supporting role. "Lead the way, I can admire you just as well on the move." She gave a slight wink but shook out her coat and lead forward and back to give her muscles a stretch. If they ended up chasing down hares then she would need it and if they chanced upon something larger though it would still need to be small enough for the pair of them to take down then she could not afford to tense up at a critical moment.

She scented the air and thought she smelled some cold trails, maybe a few hours old. This forest was bustling with life but nothing extremely fresh immediately stuck out with her. Looking around she said "I think I smell a few things, but nothing very fresh..." She trailed off happy to be proven wrong. She hoped that they would be able to share a meal and perhaps more conversation after that. While she knew that most loners were transient and moved around she found the conversation flowed easily between the pair of them in a familiar and friendly way even though she had never met this wolf before. While experience told Heph that a pair of loners probably would not end up sharing more than a meal a small part of her hoped that Atka wouldn't mind if she lingered.