Meeting another face had brought Arisha to the realization it was time to start doing better. She couldn't scavenge for all of her days and it certainly wasn't doing her any good health wise, that much was obvious by her protruding bones. She had set off in the day with her nose to the ground in hopes to track something- she didn't know what, but she was hoping to find some type of scent that would lead her to food. The thought alone of food caused a rumble in her stomach and Arisha's pace quickened slightly, navigating through the thick trees and overstepping the cold waters, not wanting her body to exhaust itself by keeping warm. Suddenly, her ears perked and Arisha smelt something- eyes squinting as she tried to focus in. She began to follow it, a determined look crossing her tan features, and it wasn't until she bounded out from behind a tree that she saw what it was. "O-Oh!" She exclaimed as she was quick to attempt and halt her quickened pace, snow skidding up around her before she made any impact with the other wolf before her. Embarrassment began to cross her features and Arisha bowed her head slightly. "I thought you were something else," She was quick to try and explain, hoping she didn't cause any hard feelings to come her way.

Cosette Amour

The purple hued girl moved slowly through the snow, her head low and her mind wandering. She wasn’t sure exactly where she was going, or what she was supposed to do now, but she hoped to find something that might give her some direction soon. She’d met a man who seemed nice enough that had given her the suggestion of going to seek help from his alpha, but she couldn’t help but think about how upset her mother would be if she knew Cosette had gone to another pack for help. It was a show of weakness, she’d been thought. Even asking the man for advice had been bad enough, but that was something her mother wouldn’t have to know about. If she were to ever find the girl. Cosette wondered often what had happened to her family and her old pack, but she tried to refrain from thinking about it for too long.

Her head lifted at the sound of someone approaching, and fast. Spinning around, she caught sight of an even younger girl skidding to a stop in the snow, just shy of knocking her over. The girl was taller than her, but all skin and bones. She was quick to explain but Cosette shook her head, instantly feeling a sort of kinship with the girl. The feeling was baseless, but she felt sorry for the girl. "No, it’s okay. Stuff happens." She spoke softly, hoping to reassure the other girl that she wasn’t angry.

"Speech."

She had managed to stop herself before face planting into the other girl, and for that Arisha was thankful. She couldn't of imagined the humiliation if she really had rammed into her like that. Taking a few steps back, Arisha breathed in and finally looked at the other- perplexed by the odd colors that reminded her much of Adelphie. A small smile graced her lips as the other spoke, her voice soft and reassuring as she made it seem like there wasn't a big deal. A relieved thump of her tail came, and Arisha reclined to her haunches before the other, once again happy to have some company. "I'm Arisha," She introduced warmly, before deciding to explain herself. "I thought your scent might of belonged to some type of prey," A sheepish smile came to her, "I'm still trying to learn to hunt." After all, she had her whole life to make up for.

Cosette Amour

The girl smiled and sat, explaining that she had thought Cosette might have been prey. She let out a small laugh at the thought. "I’m Cosette, and I’m not very good at hunting myself, but maybe we could manage to find something together?" Cosette’s last attempt at tracking had failed miserably, and it seemed the girl struggled a bit too. Together, though, maybe they’d be better off. They were both young, Arisha clearly younger than even her, but surely they could find something. "You seem young to be out here on your own..." Cosette wasn’t exactly old enough or prepared enough to be on her own, either, but she wondered how the other girl had ended up in such a situation.

"Speech."