Well, it isn't every day that one finds his wishes coming true. And definitely not when said wish literally comes sliding in line behind you. Valerian swings his black and ash head around, sooty ears pricking up at the stranger as those red eyes gauge the other wolf. Wariness is natural to any loner, though he finds his caution wholly unfounded as the other male regains himself. An easy smile comes to the charmer's coal colored lips. "Hello there, I am Valerian, Val for short if you want." The short male's tail waved behind him as he turned himself to fully face the stranger, who's name is Rupture. Maybe some say it is best to be careful what you wish for, but Valerian was truly a wolf of wishful thinking.

"Ha! It's quite alright, the main point is we are both alright, and you didn't take me out. No harm, no foul." The smile widens on his face and he moves to sit as the male before him had been. "For future reference, in snow - use claw, on ice - use pad. Something I learned when I was young. We had to cross entire frozen lakes just to get food, and many of my pack would slip and fall, but not me, cause I found the secret!" The lie slips easily from his mouth, though there is a bit of truth in his words. He did cross a frozen lake once, though it was completely by accident and he had fallen many times before he found this little trick.

Thinking