Ravensblood Forest rineless

Though she may not have intended it to, her praise stoked an ego that Nox kept well hidden. Yes, he was a fine leader. It was a challenge to make something out of nothing, an even more impossible task to bring together the odds and ends of this land into a cohesive group. Dare say, the captain was proud of his work.

But the praise felt empty coming from her.

Inky ears followed her voice as she circled around him, brows furrowing though his lips remained curved. "That depends," he drawled, "on what other talent's ye'v got." Murkwood was in desperate need of more crew, but that didn't mean he had to scrape the barrel for them. Now it was his turn to orbit her. "Can ye hunt? Fight? Heal?" Pausing a whisker away from her nose. "What do ye know of raiding? Trading?"

His eyes glittered daringly. As loath as he was to admit it, her skills would already make her a perfect fit here.