Neverwinter Forest i was born to fly away

Creature comforts, something they all craved. He thought it a shame in a way that he had not met her ages ago when he had been trying to form his own claim in these very familiar reaches. Another like-minded individual with the same fire would have surely thrust his goals forward but by the present he had locked his jaws around yet another sliver of something more. It was easy to attribute it to the season and he did on some personal level, ever consumed by a distraction in equal parts passion and poison.

He had long stopped dwelling on past and on future, and simply embraced the present.

"That is unfortunate," he said as her voice drifted; it couldn't have been so easy to share such a trivia piece with a stranger. But she had shown her hand in a way, her intentions laid bare for the briefest of moments. She desired a claim of her own, to carry on those traditions. To rise up and defend herself, lest she, crown and kingdom fall again.

"It really isn't my place to extend such offers, but if you were looking for somewhere to gather yourself and get your bearings, I'd imagine the pack I'm from has room. Not like we're exactly overflowing with kin but they've been tolerant of my own comings and goings through the seasons." He realized that it sounded like pity, and sought to correct it. "Of course I can't say that they'd appreciate the notion of trouble potentially coming to their doorstep, but it isn't like they're unfamiliar with it. It helps to have allies, nevertheless."

His shoulders rolled loosely into that of a shrug.

"Food for thought, anyway."