I see him jump at my bark. Did he not notice me? Damn, I must be stealthy. I must be improving my stalking skills without even realizing it. Makes sense though, I could be good at anything I wanted- just anything else requires getting dirty, and I have already decided I was going to be the best at being clean. Why is he THAT startled though? My face shows my bit of confusion at this matter, my very, beautiful face that still seems to not age...and even if I do get more white hairs with age, my silver features are already sparkling with white specks. It is all part of my grand design.

He was glad to see me though. I cannot deny that my own tail perhaps gives a wag and that maybe my lips tug back in a slight smile. I keep my blue gaze upon him, my grand head raised and jaw slightly tilted as I await his explanation for leaving me here. He says that he went back home, and my nose wrinkles, having not the slightest clue what he meant until he explains where he was born. I was born in Moladion, and I know no place else, but I know my mother was not from here. I guess Nord is the same in that respect.

"Why would you do that? You have been here so long," I say during his hesitation. I wait for the answer, wondering why he would want to leave. What else is worth it out there? Obviously he left there for a reason. I let my ears glide towards him as I listen to what he has to say, the chill of winter crossing over my pelt. His words are...odd, an avalanche killed off his pack? Why did they live in such a horrid place then? I tilt my head slightly as he said he went back to see if there were any survivors...and apparently did not find any. I really wasn't sure what to make of it or how to react, but it appears his story was not over anyway. Apparently he found an old mentor that died on him. I find my rear sitting down, tail flipping around and covering my paws.

"Well, I guess you were meant to go there to see him off, hm?" I say, perhaps not in the most empathetic manner, but what I say is true. "He probably did not want to die alone anyway," I note, as he explained that he was sorry for leaving me like that. I nod. "Well, don't do that again without telling me at least," I say as I stand again, my form beginning to move through the forest as he asks what I have been up to. "Oh, the usual, nothing nearly as interesting as you. Just thinking of going back to Diveen," I say as I slow my pace a bit to look up between the branches. "Trees can be so horrid. What are you going to now?" I ask, my face turning to him as I go over his fur now...looking at all the ways he needs to be cleaned.