Chasing Cars

This man was...weird. And she'd been around some weird characters. As he leaned in closer, she found herself trying to lean away. Were she anyone else, she probably would have snapped at his face as a warning shot, but she had never been hostile towards anyone before. And she didn't think she had it in her to start now. She seemed to hold her breath when he was leaning in towards her, and when he returned to his own space, the breath she'd been holding released quietly from her. She was definitely on edge.

After he repeated her name, he asked why she was in Fiori. She hasn't really thought about it before, and before certain events she hadn't even really considered joining a pack...but she was here now. And it was because of the shadow cat and his...friend, she supposed. "Well I..." She wasn't about to tell this stranger why she was here. She was here because a pack meant protection. Not only that, but eventually it got lonely out there on your own too. But she missed her freedom, missed being able to go wherever she wanted without consequences. Or so she thought. It was a cruel world out there, loners could only go so long before something bad happened if you were lucky. "Because I have...family here...and I was getting lonely by myself." That was a decent enough answer, right?

He finally gave her his name. And it was a name she'd never heard before. Xephyris huh? It was interesting, but she didn't dwell on it for too long right now. He told her...pretty much more than she had asked. And she didn't know what on earth he was talking about. She'd never heard about sonticus, or even Hellstrom for that matter. She was curious about them, what they were like mostly. "Why did you leave? And why was...your other pack um..struck down? I've never heard of those packs. I guess I didn't really pay attention to any of them while I was a rogue." She nervously twitched her tail, but she wasn't as nervous as she was the more she talked. Not right now, anyway.