Moonspear know that the shine inside will always keep you strong

She did not reply to his comment on the weather, but Katmai knew that not everyone was pleased by idle chitchat. He was happy enough when she began to make her way down toward him — though he could not help but wince a little in sympathy when he sensed she was carrying herself carefully.

Despite her lack of posturing, Katmai displayed passive submission, his ears splayed and his tail wagging low.

"Alaric!" he breathed; his tail-wagging intensified. "No — but I have heard stories of him from my father, Dutch. And I have recently met his daughter, Kinusi."

He looked past Treepie, up at the mountain. So this was Moonspear? He supposed he could have guessed.

"My name is Katmai," he said, his eyes dropping back to the female. "I'm only looking around, and seeing what there is to see and meeting who there is to meet. What's your name?"