Big Salmon Lake If you ask me to

His yellow gaze followed her as she approached, his tail stirring gently behind him. When she asked about the elk, he looked in their direction, watching as the herd mingled but otherwise paid no attention to the two wolves. After travelling so far alone, Elwood hadn't thought that there would be a chance to bring back any meat to the caldera -- and it would still be a long way to go from his present location -- but maybe this female was offering him an opportunity.

"I tracked them here," he replied with a glance back towards the caldera across the snowy plains. "They wandered a lot farther than I thought they would," the journeyman added. He didn't ask her outright if she wanted to hunt with him, but he thought he could guess her intentions.