Need a Little Ray of Sunshine

Sterling observed the male closely, her eyes flicking over his form as he registered her quick appearance and reacted defensively, placing himself in a defensive fighting stance immediately. She smirked, thinking to herself that she probably should have been as cautious as he was, but it simply wasn't in her nature. She glanced toward his entrancing amethyst and sapphire eyes as he began to calm down. It would seem that he, too, was observing her. They remained quiet for several moments, scoping out their situation. Her nose twitched as she sought out his scent, finding that he had a very distinct scent, just like the wolves of her own pack. So, he must be a pack wolf as well, rather than a loner. It was obvious that he shared the scents of other wolves, and she made note of that for herself - surely she smelled of the wolves of her pack. When she began to explore other territories and packs, she would have to disguise her scent well and make sure no on knew she was anything other than a loner.

At last, the male's expression changed, and he offered up a smile that looked somewhat apologetic.
Tail waving back and forth, Sterling wondered what he was going to say, finding his mannerisms already much different than she was used to. As he gave his answer to her initial question, she felt a little confused, and tilted her head opposite of where it had been. Not one to waste her breath too often, Sterling wasn't familiar with prayers, or similar pleas out to the world at large. However,
she didn't spend much time thinking about it as she noticed the young man's eyes dart to a small root plant, before his gaze came upon her again - her eyes followed his gaze to the small plant,
wondering what it was for a moment, but her main focus was on him. She was beginning to wonder who he was, where he was from, and if he could provide any of the information she was seeking.

He offered his name, and of course the name Ancora resonated with her, causing her to pause before replying, her expression thoughtful as she mused over the name. That was Avalon's family name, wasn't it? And all of her children, and Dragon himself, the Alpha of Talis. Now her curiosity was growing. As far as she knew, Talis didn't really have any allies, but did Dragon realize he had family outside his pack? Surely... he must have known, but what if he didn't? That information alone might be something to bring back and share.

After several moments, Sterling finally collected herself. "Nice to meet you, Paladin," she said politely, keeping her words short and concise, "I'm Sterling Bade." Again she fell silent for several moments, eyeing the white-coated, black marked male in front of her. She'd never seen a wolf with such interesting facial markings as he had, and she had noticed the unnatural marking upon his forehead as well. Perhaps she could ask about that, but she didn't want to push his buttons right off the bat by asking personal questions. Instead, she would look to the root he'd been eyeballing. "Is that something of interest to you?" she asked, her question of a benign nature,
"A herb for healing?" She wasn't at all familiar with healing, all she knew was that healers were very interested in plants and seemed to know endless ways to use them. She wasn't overly interested, but it couldn't hurt to learn something new, and she hoped to stick around a little longer to get to know this wolf, to figure out a little more about him and anything valuable that he might know.