As he lingered, he smelled a handful of wolves. A male's scent and a female one stood out the most, leading him to assume their dominance, or at least their attentiveness to the borders. He suspected this was not a large, sprawling pack either. Which could bode well for him. However, his quiet investigations were cut off by the sweeping approach of a female cloaked in shadows. His ears splayed and tail hung lax as he paused for her arrival.
His ears soon adopted a more angled back approach as he took her subtly venom-touched words. Well then.. he thought vaguely, assuming she was bound to be less than impressed by his casual snooping. I'm here to learn more -- what is this place? I'm a traveler new to this stretch of wilds,
he bit back a small smirk as he stole a second to look over her as fleetingly as he could all while dodging her eyes and face.