False Recognition

Walk | Talk | Think

The noise of the wind in her ears hid any sound of approaching steps, and still convinced that she was alone Mercianne had no inclination to look around as if someone might suddenly appear. Her dark eyes were focused ahead, set upon the icy spires that she traveled toward, and her steps were unwavering in their direction. She was going to visit Cathedral Point and there was nothing around her to distract from her purpose.

Except for a sudden voice.

Initially it made her spook. Still thinking herself alone, she hadn't anticipated the sound and so it caught her off guard, her body tensing in a quick jump before she crouched slightly and turned her head to peer behind her. Her wide brown eyes searched for only a moment before they spotted the creamy white figure moving over the smooth, snowy tundra. It was no one she recognized, no one she could recall having met before or even seen in passing amongst her pack members, but he had seemed to call her by name. Only it hadn't been her name. Aurelia? she wondered, her ears settling themselves back against her skull in a mixture of worry and confusion.

"I'm sorry?" she questioned gently, perplexedly, thinking he might have mistaken her for someone else but waiting as he came closer and wondering if he might not realize his mix up on his own as he neared.