Redtail Rise stoneward

His answer was surprising. She felt he looked upon her as he might look at a rowdy stranger, and at first, she felt insulted. She'd expected a boyish smile, a wave of his tail- some indication that she was welcomed, despite prodding him first with an impish show of her teeth. His greeting was far colder than she remembered him being. She tilted her chin up, in an acknowledgement of what she perceived to be a bid for space. He looked tired, and there was a hint of despair in his gaze, that begged for mercy. 

She sheathed her teeth, her lips pulling faintly into a light grin, as though to brush off her greeting as nothing more than a joke. When she moved toward him, it was with a relaxed strut, her tail accenting each stride with a slight wave. "You mithed all the fun an' ekthitement," She commented, gently, playfully chastising his absence.