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the lady watched the obsidian beast with great interest and caution, celestial eyes intent on the stranger. her mind remained concentrated on his words as he launched himself into what seemed to be an extremely personal reel of information. a flash of pity snaked across the forefront of her mind, but she didn't allow it to outwardly show, as such an emotion was sometimes regarded as disrespectful in the minds of some. the lad must be desperate at this point to be so forward about a matter--or extremely honest, rather. a flicker of amusement touched jupiter's mind. she was in no place to talk about being desperate, in all honesty. ludicael dwindled in numbers, and the success of the first meeting that she'd initially felt had been greatly diminished since that time, as very few had approached the borders seeking entry since then. the sol had not the disrespect to force those on the battlefield into her affiliation against their will, and vowed to never stoop so low.



her small organization was not picky, and the alpha was in no position to become selective. though she didn't doubt the ability of her members, she had seen the numbers of other packs, and when their numbers were nearly twice and thrice of ludicael's, heart became dangerously low in value. they were also not a legion of warriors--maverick was a healer, and several of their individuals remained unsorted and generally un-ranked. she stored this for later pondering so that she could consider fixing this problem later, and offered a kind smile to the lad that had introduced himself as de.



"it is a pleasure to meet you, de. i am jupiter--the leader of ludicael." she paused, pondering over her next line of dialogue, and then went on, timbre gentle. "i cannot deny you a home, nor can i judge you on what i have not experienced before. should you find the land and its leader appealing--" here she offered a smile, "--i will not begrudge you membership." she paused, and then glanced about at their surroundings. "come; let us walk." she offered, hesitating only briefly to give him ample time to react, and then whether his answer worked in her favor or not, began to stroll in a path that would take them along the edge of the river. he seemed like a decent individual, and the obsidian behemoth was certainly kind to the eyes, though that was definitely the last thing on jupiter's mind at the moment, and with knowing what she did, it would undoubtedly stay that way indefinitely.