Mind Your Manners
01-11-2016, 06:21 PM
A call rang out for her on the borders, and Katja - newly freed of the burden of pups - left the younglings sleeping in her den as she moved to answer. She reveled in the feeling of moving easily under her own power, without the heavy stiffness in her abdomen she'd put up with for so long.
But she froze midstep at the sight that greeted her, hackles rising silently in an alarm that was otherwise hidden beneath a wary, cold appraisal. She had seen a wolf similar, once, but this huge male was even more colorful, like a nebula-strewn sky at night. Her mind coolly ticked on, listing all the possible scenarios. Loki, playing with her. Some vanir in mortal form. A mortal, unusual of color and size but otherwise normal. Perhaps a mortal descended of the gods, as were her own children. "Heil," she offered politely, as the only reasonable course of action for any possibility was to be polite.
But she froze midstep at the sight that greeted her, hackles rising silently in an alarm that was otherwise hidden beneath a wary, cold appraisal. She had seen a wolf similar, once, but this huge male was even more colorful, like a nebula-strewn sky at night. Her mind coolly ticked on, listing all the possible scenarios. Loki, playing with her. Some vanir in mortal form. A mortal, unusual of color and size but otherwise normal. Perhaps a mortal descended of the gods, as were her own children. "Heil," she offered politely, as the only reasonable course of action for any possibility was to be polite.
