Blacktail Deer Plateau I Made a Wrong Turn to Right

Have my 100th post! :D

Pied silently wondered why she was the only wolf she'd seen lately and decided to ask outright. "How come?" She let Vires answer that and explain about her exploratory forays. "If you're not opposed to it, I could keep you company the next time you go exploring," she offered. Then Vires could still do what she wanted to do and not be totally by herself while doing it.

"You might be right," Pied agreed, "though I bet it has more to do with Hawkeye than any particular pressure. The whole Alpha/Beta agreement was too good to be true, I think." Her lips twisted downward. Vires seemed a little bit ashamed of her observation but Pied only nodded grimly. "Don't feel bad, Vires. You make a valid point. If Leto really goes, I think that makes her even worse than Jinx."

Pied didn't want to dwell on these things, however. "Wanna go for a walk, maybe catch something to eat?" she invited. Her tail had grown still during their conversation but now it lifted and wagged with mild enthusiasm.