Sun Mote Copse The stars collected, each world accounted for

Bronco didn't notice the stranger at first. Thus far, his world consisted of only wolves that looked like his mother and father- given that he himself looked like his father and Nellie looked like their mother- and then there was the big dark wolf that Mom had brought home one time to meet them, whose voice was a bit louder and rougher than most. He noticed his mother's reaction- as she sat up and cast her glance suddenly to one area, but he paid it no mind. Probably another bird. So he was surprised when he turned his head to give the scraps of juicy meat a shake and saw a grey wolf walking toward them. He jumped- but didn't let go of the meat he had in his mouth, but scuttled back a few paces, the hair along his spine standing up. 

His Mom was calm, and the guy who approached lowered himself to the ground, in what Bronco took to be an invitation. There was a bit of talking back and forth between the two, but most of it went over Bronco's head. He heard his name, and turned his head to look at his mom when he was mentioned, but otherwise, just watched the newcomer. He clumsily pawed his snack bahind himself, so that it was protected- if not from Nellie, then at least from the new guy. He was given an introduction, but Bronco didn't quite grasp the idea of that yet, and wasn't sure what he was supposed to call this guy. Nevertheless, he was interesting- and he looked pretty harmless.

He stepped forward, his hackles still lifted a bit, stretching his nose out to try and get a sniff of this stranger, his big, blueish eyes questioning and bright. He inched closer and closer, looking at the male's calm, soft facial features, and though he was still quite calm himself, his tail was a dead giveaway that something else was coming. It started to wave from side to side as the boy began to plan- and when he got close enough, his gaze dropped suddenly, and with a playful growl, he dove for one of the male's outstretched front paws, intending to turn it into his new chew toy.