once more unto the breach

The call caught her attention, and her head lifted as she stared out across the plain, as if she could see the stranger from there. It was a welcome sound, and rather peculiar with the... hesitation? that appeared to be in the stranger's voice. Either way, she wasn't going to just let it sit, and she got to her feet quickly, loping towards the source.

She slowed as she approached the border, taking in the scent that was drifting towards her, and she nodded to herself, though her brow furrowed in slight confusion at the heavy fox scent that was equally as fresh. Was it more than one joiner? It wasn't Dart; she'd know the older male's scent. Either way, her curiosity was solved as the red-hued stranger came into view, and she greeted him with a dip of her head and a smile as she approached, her eyes also going to the wolf's two companions as she did so.

"Hello," she said softly, drawing close to the border. "I am Vali, alpha of Abaven. What brings you all to the border of Abaven?" All, because she was pretty sure if the mouse-creature wasn't a companion of the wolf's, it'd have been eaten by now. So, she included it.