Totoka River You just don't know it yet,

more sounds. runa didn't show signs of understanding. they were more focused on the curious scents the stranger carried - and as they reached out with investigatory sniffing, the shadow moved to do the same. she tasted a few quick inhalations of the woman's air and then moved cautiously, but with great curiosity clear in the way she prowled around, to sniff at the stranger's shoulders, hips, the roundness of their belly no longer exposed but runa's interest obvious.

she licked her lips in a signal of deference, withdrawing, and turned to look around at their shared surroundings. were there others? runa could not remember ever seeing a wolf with this shape before. the closest thing that came to mind was seal-mother! so plump. smelling so sweetly, too.

cat-like, she perches on her haunches and idly cleans some mud from one of her forelegs.