Freedom!
09-23-2015, 08:35 PM
Walk | Talk | Think Gale waited. And waited. The crooked smile upon her lips began to slacken and lose some of its good humor, an uncertainty of her own beginning to creep in and confuse what she had thought just a second ago to be true. Did he possibly not know how to answer her? Was something preventing it? Had he not understood her words? Her grey-green eyes grew puzzled as she continued to look the stranger's way, wondering to herself if she was even going to get an answer when the stoic creature across from her managed to find his voice. Ah! He could speak after all! And he had understood her too. That was a relief and a delight, and the return of Gale's easy, companionable smile expressed her happiness, perfectly unfazed by the expressionless mask of the red-eyed wolf. "Don't believe I have either. I'm really just happy to have made it." She continued to watch him from where she lay on the sandy shoreline as he looked away and then, after a brief moment, returned his gaze to her. The friendly smile from before still remained comfortably presented on her face, but she could not miss that his did not change either. It betrayed nothing, hinted at nothing, and looked about as neutral as a face could get. After living among her family members, each more energetic than the last and all poor at hiding their feelings from view, Gale could not deny that she was intrigued. She had nothing to go off of, not a twitch of a brow or the corner of his lips that she could even use to make any guesses about how he was feeling in their current situation. She had to assume he meant to stay with her for a moment simply because he sat down, but whether that was because he wanted company, wanted to keep an eye on her, or had more devious plots scheming behind his excellently flat poker face, she had not a clue. Not even his words gave anything away when at last he spoke again. Considering the lengthy delay she had gotten before, Gale had been unsure whether he would offer her anything to make conversation with or if she would need to strike something up herself, but the question he posed was observant and curious. And yet still said nothing of his motives. Casually, comfortably, Gale crossed her forepaws one over the other before answering him, using her smile as a mask of her own while she continued to study him and try to make sense of his blank stare. "Actually, it's the other way around," she explained, smiling, "My pack lives on the mainland. I'm just here to see something new." Right. The island. Almost as an afterthought she turned her head to gaze forward into the central portion of the island. Strangely, it no longer held such a strong pull for the Elementas girl's curiosity. |
