Blacktail Deer Plateau stardust

he takes several instinctual steps backward as she lashes out at him, flattening his ears in surprise. . .and not without a little annoyance, either. aviana, raid--were all these new recruits so fragile, so hair-trigger frustrated, that even the most evenly-keeled wolf like aditya could set them off? he was turning to walk away when her apology reached his ears. 

he swung his head around, golden eyes taking in the sight of this frightened girl. amnesia. a fate he wouldn't wish upon his own enemy. "hey, hey," aditya murmured, blinking slowly, his voice level and warm. "it's--sorry. sorry i asked. I had no idea."

he smiled. "grayday is good. we all are. you don't have to be nervous around us. you're a part of us, now." he glanced back over his shoulder, toward the direction of the dens. "i can leave, if you want to be alone. i don't want to intrude."