Great Bear Wilderness snowheart

She already had the hardened eyes of the hunters of the north; hadn't he seen her stare before? It was riddled with a sharpness that Adrian, too, once wielded.

But her edges softened to what seemed careful attention, a question, though she said nothing, and how could Adrian blame her? He was a stranger, after all!

Ah - apologies, miss, he bowed his head and backed up a small pace, giving her space, and letting her know he had no intent to take her quarry away. I have a tendency to get... overexcited, sometimes. I hail from the north, you see, where the land is unbroken by wilds like these... and he laughed, with a tuck of his head, I suppose I am simply enchanted by these places, and too eager to meet the folk who live here. Which - I presume is true, of you and your family?