Northstar Vale you're so dead meat

Séamus, on the other hand, was taken aback by what he perceived to be coldness.  He blinked once, twice, before his ears took more permanent residence at the sides of his face.  And um, he stuttered, choking on his own feelings of stupidity, trying to dance around this new formality, who.. might this woman be?  

Was this some other pack-thing he didn't quite understand?  Courtfall's ranks were already difficult for him to grasp with their fancy names and their foriegn syllables.  What if there was some new ... thing ... he didn't understand too!

I'm Séamus.  He looked over his shoulder at the ditch he'd carved in the snow and took a shaky step back.  Do you want to slide down the hill with me?  It's fun.