Seeing Castles in the Clouds [Sparrow and Rory]

It helped her nerves a little when Rory appeared, coming to place his larger form beside her. That alone was enough to bring back some of the woman's feisty nature as she shrugged and aimed to bump her shoulder against his in a friendly manner. "Well, who wouldn't be? It's not every day you get to ask someone if they've seen any marauding war machines wandering about. Although I am getting quite a bit of practice lately." Iskra grinned at her own words, chuckling inwardly. Yeah, she'd have plenty of experience in this oddly specific department before she went back to Auster. Turning back to gaze expectantly out at the territory before them, she waited for the alpha to answer the call, a little calmer than before.

When at last the little woman showed Iskra appraised the alpha of this pack named Abaven. She was at least a head shorter than Iskra, but the starry woman had to admit that she wore her height well all the same. The alphess' fur was simplistic and pretty, and she seemed friendly enough. Satisfied with what she saw, Iskra was ready to get down to business.

"Thank you, it's nice to meet you Sparrow, I'm Iskra Aeris," hesitating a moment, she would try to mull over her words and select just the right ones, "Not necessarily. I'm the one who initiated the visit. You see, I come in search of information. The pack I belonged to was recently challenged for and won by a wolf with the surname Abraxas, and I'm curious to know if you have seen or heard of any such wolves. It was an unusual challenge, in that the challenger was backed by an existing pack. I'd met a few of them before hand, and I wasn't sure what to think of them before. Now I'm a bit... concerned."

Iskra was tempted to go on, but she didn't like laying everything on people all at once. Of course, she'd already done it a time or two before, but no need to do the same here. After they discussed what Sparrow might know, then Iskra would be ready to discuss her deal with the Abraxas male.