the clouds above move closer

Lydia did her best to follow the man's words. He seemed kind and patient and she found herself slowly beginning to relax. It was an odd thing to do. Clever, really, but it also seemed unnatural to her and so she wasn't quite sure what to make of the fact that this wolf had a bunch of elk penned up. "How odd… why did you decide to do this?" The pale woman chimed in asking him where he'd gotten the idea. As she left the man to explain she returned to her herbs. She didn't want to forget the reason she came here in the first place. Gingerly she reached out with her fangs and began to snip off some of the leaves.

When she was satisfied she set them aside and went closer to the enclosure peering through it, ears alert as she watched the elk within. "How long are you going to keep them in there?"