Moonstone Quarry like a stone

arcturus missed the shadow of doubt in vallkyrie's gaze, and was unaware of her skepticism of his claim. he would not have blamed her -- both parties seemed to have stepped on each other's toes and then started on the wrong foot.

according to arcturus, mal had been aggressive on neutral territory. the boyking may have an established pack now, but back then he had been one angry, lonely kid in the bush. arcturus had been less than impressed with the wolf's behavior among the moonspear cubs that had righfully been foraging in free territory. thinking about it made the ostrega annoyed, and he quickly switched gears to inspecting the myriad of scents on the stony path.

he started down the rise, eventually picking up the scent that kyr had mentioned. he sniffed a rock curiously, and then paused. "that's pronghorn," the beta announced, turning back to kyr with interest. "seems like a lot of them."