Neverwinter Forest the gnashin' teeth and criminal tongues

The expression was too priceless to not use <3

"A pack." she said, her brows twitching with surprise. "One that actually impressed you." Well, if she'd had any reservations on travelling North, Ciervo's words just about doused them dry. Though she'd come across many packs on her travels, Andalusia had given little thought toward joining one. Her goal had not been one of forging new allegiances, after all, but of recovering the bonds she had lost. She had set her nose toward Chehlia, and Ciervo and Sumayl as an extension of that, and nothing more. But Ciervo, who had left for reasons far from tracking the trail of a wandering sister, pursued just that, and the golden Ostrega tipped her head thoughtfully to the side when he mentioned the Plateau. A pack had managed to gain her brother's approval, and this was enough to make her pause for consideration.

Her own thoughts stilled at the quip that followed, and her mouth pulled into a grin of taut amusement. The chuckle that rolled from her throat did not compete with Ciervo's rumbling laughter, which drowned the noise of the forest and dissolved into the heavy boughs of the evergreens. He was right to laugh, for she had never engaged in a one-night fling, nor anything deeper than that. When young she'd had her share of crushes, and thoughts of creating a family of her own, but she'd let those daydreams fall when she'd come to maturity. It was easier to dispose of such fantasies for more reasons than one. Life was simply easier if she didn't tempt romance, and not only for herself. She gave her heart to adventure and to her family, and that was enough to fill her, or so she had herself convinced.

But her laughter turned to a snort, and she crinkled her nose when her brother bent to get a whiff of himself, as if he thought the the life of a loner would make him smell like roses. Andalusia turned her head away in mock disgust and her tongue stuck through the crooked grin that twitched full across her face. "Tsk. And here I thought I found you because of my impeccable tracking skills." She paused and diverted her gaze from him, knowing the mischief that would surely shine through her silvery eyes. Then with a swift arc she turned and threw her body toward him, attempting to tackle her brother into the bathtub of snow that covered the ground.