Time has passed fleetingly since Silent had crossed paths with the Armada princess. She still did not know her ranking, but it did not matter to the black female. As she strolled along, she wondered if she had been doing better since their initial encounter. Silent remembered seeing her at the pack meeting, but that, too, felt like a lifetime ago. It was interesting how the seasons seemed to blend into each other without some realizing.

As she came from a random patrol with Bronze, her heart felt lighter and her steps were more springy. There was a light in her eyes she could not douse, even on a dark day. She felt the breeze rise and fall around her, stroking her fur as she walked among the trees. She caught the scent of a familiar female and she turned her eyes in the direction of the source. “Hello, Kite,” she gently greeted, ears perked as she approached her.

It was early afternoon when Kite finished her hunting lessons. Learning to hunt in the daylight, blindfolded, was not her favourite thing to do. She was grumpy as she stomped through the woods. Lioness at her paws, leading her back towards the Col. All she could think of was her bed, and dozing until the far better hours of night. Instead, she was waylaid as a voice called out to her. She paused, trying to place the wolf for a moment, before realising who it was. It was the healer who had helped her a little while ago. Silent had kept her promise to tell no one of her bumbling foolishness, and for that she was grateful. It also didn’t do to upset a healer you could trust. She packed down some of her annoyance and pointed her nose in their general direction. “Oh, Hi Silent” She said back. "Speech"

She took notice of the few stomps Kite made, indicating she was grumpy. Silent smiled, more-so to herself than anyone else. She was not a fan of being tired, either, but she didn’t voice it right away. Kite turned her blindfolded head towards her, nose quickly working before the princess returned her greeting. It made Silent feel good, to be acknowledged by her former patient.

Silent looked around before she started to close the distance. She greeted Lioness with an acknowledged nod and said, “Good afternoon,” before she turned her gaze back to the young lady. In a soft voice, she asked, “How has everything been since our first meeting? Have you had any discomforts or pain?”

She could hear the sound of Silent getting closer. Especially now that she knew the wolf was there, she felt keenly aware of her presence. Could hear her breathing, the soft shuffle of paws. So she wasn’t surprised when her voice sounded much closer this time. “No, it healed well. You did… a good job” She said, struggling with the niceties. She did appreciate what Silent had done for her. With even more reluctance, she moved her head this way and that, trying to gouge precisely where Silent was. “If you have a minute, could you… look at something for me?” She asked softly. Her hesitation painfully obvious. She did not enjoy asking others for help. "Speech"

‘No, it healed well. You did…’ a swift struggle, then : ‘a good job.’ Silent’s eyes twinkled as she smiled, the genuine nature of it far from prideful. Her tail wagged behind her a couple of times before she returned the princess’s gesture. “Thank you, Kite. That means a lot to me.”

The conversation didn’t stop there, though. Kite looked back and forth, taking note of where Silent was, before she softly spoke. ‘If you have a minute, could you…look at something for me?’ The black female became curious and began to move closer to Kite so their conversation would not be overheard. “I have more than a minute for you, Kite…what would you like for me to look at?”

The healer agreed to spare some time, and Kite shuffled her paws a moment, finding the words to ask for help. Not something she was good at on the best of days. But there was no help for it. “Can we go somewhere dark? I need to show you” She explained, waiting for the healer to agree, before nudging Lioness. The cat got to her paws, and started to lead the two wolves to the closest dark cave. Once inside, Kite reluctantly and slowly started to take off her blindfold. “I got a scratch on my eye, and it’s not healing right. Can you take a look?” She asked, tucking the blindfold behind her eyes, and glancing at the floor by Silent’s paws. "Speech"