Neverwinter Forest tassel

distracting was not the word she would have used. yet she is only all smiles for his continued enthusiasm and the seamless way he played along.

he was not yet a soldier or hunter hardened by the world, she thought. or he was and he had just simply had an appetite for pretty company. she flattered herself, perhaps, but it was the kind of thinking that kept her afloat.

yet she was not prepared for whatever charming move this was. his presence so near and then suddenly he is before her. a sturdy wall of stone and ice, only it is this man and his brilliant northern hues. she wished to reach out to him, to trace the shade of his large figure.

instead she only halted and peered up into his face.

and i think wolf likes it, too. she dared to turn this back on him! maybe wolf knows hawk is prettiest bird of north lands, hm?

and in this, she might trap him if he disagreed!