Ravensblood Forest Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

Although initially annoyed by the other female's approach and subsequent peculiarity, Pied found her agitation lessening as her intrigue increased. With that said, she found the subject quickly becoming morbid. She nodded her head when the nameless she-wolf questioned her about hunting foxes, though she froze and pulled a bit of a face at the idea of wolf meat being wetter.

"Disgusting," Pied comment, albeit with a note of curiosity in her voice. "Maybe I did live in a good place. That place was here. It was only a couple of months back. It didn't help that my pack's Alpha at the time left us high and dry and the pack basically fell apart without any leadership," she mentioned.

"I know because my parents were both full-blooded wolves—as far as they knew, anyway. Believe me, we all wondered how exactly I managed to come out looking like this. My stillborn siblings also had birth defects, though; mine just happened to be harmless." Pied did not elaborate further, as the subject was actually painful when she considered that it was these circumstances that had eventually led to her father's suicide.

"Anyway, do you have a name? I'm Pied Starbuck-Virtúte." The simple act of saying her new hyphenated surname aloud put her in better spirits, erasing the last of he vague annoyance. "I'm from Horizon Ridge."