Dragoncrest Cliffs spiders flee before it

It did not have the ears or nose of a wolf; only the sudden shimmer of a pale pelt in the sunlight alerted the bird to another's presence, but it had been aware enough of its surroundings that, by the time the wolf came to stand before it, it had already drawn itself to still and unnerving attention. And then the wolf spoke, and it clicked its beak once, twice, as though it did not understand.

But it was not a common bird. It could not be a common bird, for how it stood there without fear, black eyes calmly surveying.

"What I seek..." it said in a low voice, leaning toward the wolf with what would've been a smile, if such things were possible for the bird, "...does not lie among bones."