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"There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..."

The female didn't even seem phased by the reaction she got. It was like it was expected. That made Avery sober up faster than anything cause she didn't want to be just like everyone else with the female. She was her pack member. She was to be protected and encouraged in everything that made her unique. And she certainly was unique. Avery watched as she shifted her weight and twitched a little on and off. It all seemed like she either couldn't control it or it was just habit by this point. The female even paused a little before continuing forward, as if making sure Avery got a good look at her. The gaze looking back at her was observant and just as intense, though. This wolf hadn't lost any brain cells in her oddities. They didn't ruin her intelligence as far as Avery was concerned. The wolf grinned as Avery mentioned Aithne and instantly, she was more curious of this wolf and how she may have known Avery's best friend. The female then said that Avery had a hard life but it didn't show. She complimented Avery and said she had an energy. Avery's ears flicked back and forth at the new information, tilting her head as her brow lifted. "You see energy? Good. I hope to use it to bring this place back to life."

She didn't say anything in a way to tease or offend the female. She didn't doubt that the wolf saw energy. She was merely curious of all that she could do. Where best would she fit in? The female laughed when Avery mentioned the former alpha. She waited, ears pricked back toward the wolf, for her response. The wolf asked if she wanted a fight and Avery nodded without hesitation, her eyes twinkling with eagerness. "Oh yes. Fighting is my life. It's all I know. It's all I've ever known. I look forward to the fights to come." Her tail wagged in agreement. The female said that the former alpha was a snake and that they always come back, though maybe not as the same wolf. Avery nodded, her lips tugging into a small smile of agreement. "Yes, yes, they do." The female made a noise and Avery studied her. It was almost like she was longing for something. Did she desire a time without snakes and fighting? Avery wouldn't know what to do without an opponent. The wolf then said her name and Avery pricked her ears and straightened up, at the ready in case the female had a question or was going to ask something of her.

Then the wolf said a name and Avery knew this had to be her name. Beltane. Then she told her the titles she had been given in the past. It seems others had seen her talents as well for the titles fit what Avery was seeing and hearing. She was something different, though not in the twitches and odd behavior. No, it was the things she spoke that told Avery she had skills others did not. She seemed to want Avery to put her in a slot instead of choosing one as the others had done. That made sense. Avery didn't think she could lump Beltane with any of the classes she'd created in the pack so far. But there was always room for expansion. Beltane then started to tell her bits of her life as Avery had done. She was born in Asteraia. She told her some of the wolves she had served under. Avery remembered the Monster of Asteraia, and her eyes softened at the name of Aithne's first daughter, Aster. She remembered the birth, though it wasn't long after that Avery left Moladian. She didn't get to see Aster grow and take over Aithne's throne. Of course, she knew the Darkbringer was what the former alpha of Iromar was known as. Avery tilted her head thoughtfully as Beltane told her that her family was all either dead or gone. She mentioned something about them speaking again and Avery knew this had to do with her special skill. She narrowed her eyes for a minute as she thought. "Is it only the dead that speaks to you? Spirits?" Avery was trying to understand the wolf's talent. She wanted to know all that she could about it.

She wondered if the wolf heard voices or if there were other ways of communication. Did they touch her? Would she have heard Aithne? Avery knew she was grasping at straws there and that wouldn't get her any closure. She knew how Aithne had died and she knew the wolf who killed her was dead. It wouldn't bring her back. It wouldn't give her justice. It wouldn't do anything for Avery. Her eyes closed for a moment as she glanced at the ground, pushing away the painful thoughts. As if sharing her own close thoughts, Beltane shrugged and Avery glanced back up at her. She said that she would serve her now but asked what Avery's name would mean. She thought for a moment before letting out an exhale. "Hope. Life. Resurrection. Iromar was been cloaked in darkness for too long." She flicked her tail and waited to see how Beltane would respond. Would she agree or think it was just a hopeless cause? Would she see failure in Avery's future? She wasn't sure yet how her skills worked but she knew that she wanted to see more of it. Her lips twitched in the shadow of a smirk as she looked at Beltane a little more intently. "If I were to create a title for you as Seer, would you honor me by filling it? I wouldn't ask more of you than you have already given. I only want to know more of what you see and hear. I want to understand."