That girl was crazy, there was no doubt in his mind that the girl he had run into in Asteraia had more than a few screws loose. So he guessed the rumors were true then? The warnings his parents had given him his whole life that Asteraia was filled with actual cannibals was a… well thing? At the very least, maybe she wasn’t a cannibals, but she said things that would align with the “fairytales” he thought he had been fed to keep him from wandering off too far. Then again… now that he thought about it, wasn’t that one boy he met in the valley once from Asteraia too? What was his name? Valor? Baldor? He acted pretty odd at first, said something about Niyol being his lunch before he cave up and the rest of the time it had been pretty normal he guessed? So was he a cannibal too, just masked it better than the wild girl he saw in the pack? UGH! WHATEVER! He was home now and his parents were right and life sucked okay?! What did all that matter to him anyway? They were all the way out there and he was all the way here so it was fine!

Little did he know he had someone else on his tail now, someone from the same land and pack he had left not all that long ago. Niyol was fairly unaware he had been followed. He came home, rolled in the creek, shook off, dried off in the sun and napped while he did so and now he was back to his usual prowling about being generally unhappy and confused by his experience in Asteraia. He wanted to tell Mochi all about it, for he had to know some crazy girl was going to try to eat him! Then probably his parents too… he wasn’t sure, they would probably be REALLY mad and he wasn’t sure he wanted to deal with that much issue. It wasn’t like his mom could yell at him, but her looks…. It sent shivers down his spine just thinking the daggers she would send his way before viciously telling him of. It might not be loud, but it was something you felt in your soul. He shuddered making a ‘blecch’ all the while before looking around again. Nothing seemed out of place, but then another thought hit him. What if she followed him home?

No she wouldn’t have? Right? He had some concerns regardless of how their meeting ending the start was more than enough to still put a little unease into him. He better check right? Just to be sure? So he padded off back towards the borders, looking around and then he spotted someone… weird. Niyol might be a crazy, hyper, knucklehead sometime, but he at the very least had a good nose and it twitched and he stiffened when he smelled the scent of the pack on the figure that blended through the trees. He was about to confront the girl, after all they were in HIS turf now, but then he noticed it wasn’t her scent, but someone else’s he detected. It was eerily similar though, enough that he was pretty sure they were family of some type, but again, this was his turf! This was Taviora! He knew this place like the back of his paw and he wasn’t about to get pushed around by anyone at his home!

Quickly Niyol made for the high ground, being sneaky and quiet as he could. A rock not far away was the best he could do, but there were plenty of trees and bolt holes he could use if things got… well bad. That and if he made even a single sound of distress he was certain someone would come running, not that he would need help! He could handle this mistake on his own he was certain! Puffing out his chest he jumped to the top of the rock making himself largely visible before calling out, ”Hey! If that girl has a bone to pick with me then at the very least she should handle it herself! This is my home and I won’t let anyone do anything bad to it!” He barked though really he hoped it didn’t come down to any sort of tussle… but he was also CERTAIN that this boy was here because of what had happened. He would handle this himself. He was sure of it!