Falls of the Hinterlands and if i took on the planet

The winds carried back nothing for him, not for any lack of trying on his behalf either, twitching his own ears constantly even while the rest of him seemed to focus on other things. Nothing.. even as he continued picking along, step after step. It happened to finally be the sight of Wraen's arrival on the opposite bank that truly let him know someone had heard him at all. He perked up his head and slowed to a stop for her.

The sway he put in his tail said he was happy to be acknowledged, and maybe a touch relieved. She was a familiar enough face for him. Wraen, hi, he greeted back, lifting his voice enough to share it as he passed a sharp, but thorough look over her. The Ostrega had not seen her since the summertime, and did not entirely piece it together that she was root cause of some of his younger brother's woes (too tied up in his own to get into those depths lately). Jarilo, on the other hand, knew she was company he could handle. How've you been? he asked, friendly, for favor of distraction that focused on her before him.