Broken Antler Fen they say he's changed

The apparent emptiness seemed very unbefitting of such a place, and so he let out only a gently surprised huff when he spotted a bright copper form watching him closely across the fen, still as the landscape around them. Zeal gave a nod of his head in her direction, letting her know she had been spotted in return.

"Oh, Hello,"  the greeting was unceremonious, tossed across the empty space. He stepped toward the other, intending that they would not have to keep trading words at a distance. He wondered vaguely if she might try to run him off, but he wasn't ready to call the encounter a wash before they'd even begun.