Great Bear Wilderness South tree

"I believe the phrase you're looking for is, 'Them's fighting words!'" the swarthy male teased even as she came nearer. She was very pretty, though he noted this as objectively as possible, considering he was a happily married man. "Ah, well, that's a shame. What pack is that? And what's your name, while we're at it? I'm Peregrine and, yes, I'm in a pack. I'm the Alpha of Redhawk Caldera. I'd point it out to you but it's obscured by the trees. It's that-a-way," he said, motioning toward the southeast.