Phoenix Maplewood long before the haze

With @Desdemona's help, Alya had been getting around the territory much more easily. Her leg had been getting steadily better, with marked improvement now that she was putting weight on it less often. It bothered her that the only way to make it better seemed to be babying it, but if that was what needed to be done, she would do it.

Just... not right that second. Right that second, she was on the trail of another wolf - a wolf that seemed to belong even less than she did. That was saying something, right?

She arrived just in time to see the small, dark female pounce upon her prey. A fox, for some reason. Alya didn't eat them, and didn't much see why anyone else would, either. Perhaps the girl was simply killing out of spite. She could relate to that.

"What are you doing here?" asked Alya, her voice unchallenging as she observed the other wolf.