Moonsong Glacier Might Have Heard This Wind

Heph let out a quick huff of laughter. Rodyn himself was quite the accomplished hunter so she was well aware of the compliment even if it embarrassed her somewhat. It was a skill she had first learned the foundations of in a pack but had not attained a greater understanding of until she was forced to fend for herself. If her family could have seen their layabout daughter complimented for a useful skill they might have laughed too if for different reasons. "Ack you'll make me blush under all this fur." But there was a gentle smile that reached her eyes in response.

She was slightly surprised at the turn in questions, but guessed that it was fair that Samani wished to know a little bit more about the wolf that the pair had stumbled upon. Her head tilted slightly to the side so she could more easily address the other she-wolf directly. Rather than joking her voice was clear and possibly a bit curious as to the direction of the conversation when she answered. "That I am though I'd say I'm in pretty good company right now." There was a smile at the end, but as she considered the second question and the implications therein she tried to figure out how to formulate her response. Falling back on a wide grin that came easily to her and a breathy tone that hinted towards laughter that popped out at various places in her speech she added. "If home is where the heart is I've always found mine to be quite the wanderer, but in a more traditional sense I don't have a place to settle down."

But there was a moment of silence from her maw as she contemplated the last query from Samai. Rodyn had described her as somewhat slow to warm-up to others so she had not expected that the wolf would care to put herself in Heph's company for an extended length of time. She read the concern laced with the same polite questions anyone might have asked and hoped that the offer was not made out of pity. As much as traveling alone was lonely it had been her choice to leave her friends back where they were more permanently settled and strike out on her own for the winter to galavant around and enjoy the freedom of movement. There was an edge of humor to her voice that did not quite erupt into laughter and a firmness to its cadence that indicated the honesty in her words. "I wouldn't want to intrude on a pair of lovebirds but I'd love to travel with you if it wouldn't be a bother, I can't promise I'll live up to Rodyn's description but I consider myself a fair hunter." Her gaze slid questioningly over to Rodyn. Perhaps they had already discussed the offer, but if it was made out of the blue she did not wish to intrude on his time with his newfound mate and not simply for the most ribald of reasons. Her friend had labored to win the right to pursue this wolf and seemed to genuinely wish for her affections and Heph had no intentions of interrupting whatever romancing he might have planned for the journey.

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