Blacktail Deer Plateau There is a light; there is a fire

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The hypervigilant young woman did notice when Siqsa slipped away, and her voice disappeared briefly from the song as she watched the new recruit vanish. How peculiar. She had imagined that he would be eager to join in a howl, particularly after being alone for any amount of time. There was much about the young man that was difficult to explain, it seemed-- all Rue knew for sure was that she felt much more at ease with him removed. 

Rue was weary and quite ready to return to her den after the howl was finished, and she followed Kavik back down the mountain without hesitation. Perhaps she would seek out the new recruit in the daylight and try another attempt at conversation.  One small step at a time, she would do her best to overcome her wariness of her male packmates.