I mean what can I say?

She hadn't planned on coming back to Auster. Hadn't planned anything at all lately. In all honesty Iskra was in a bit of a shitty place and she didn't feel like dealing with any of her own issues, just sort of hoped they'd go away with no effort on her part. But the world isn't so kind, and she'd been doing a lot of wandering and thinking and moping around and wallowing in her unhappiness. She'd done her rounds through Boreas, brought the goods back to Malleus, and accomplished... what? Trips past the Abraxas packs had her thinking their numbers weren't as strong, though she was hard-pressed to pinpoint why. Maybe they took another pack and were stretched too thin? Either way, after warning everyone up north to the best of her ability, Iskra was running into a crisis of conscience. It had always been the plan to find Dragon again, to return to him and stand at his side as he rebuilt his pack. Yet here she was, a depressed mess laying in the sand while a stupid crab crawled over her neck-

Scrambling awkwardly to her paws, Iskra shook the creature off, shuddering inwardly and curling her lip. Bleh, okay, enough laying around. Much as she wanted to sit here and feel bad, she needed to put that on pause before she had bigger creatures sneaking up on her while she was unaware. Speaking of- there was a familiar scent on the air! It was that dark lady she'd bumped into when she was bringing Malleus his stuff. Sure enough, Iskra saw the woman on the other side of the beach, padding through the sand and eventually stopping to peer into one of the tide pools. Grinning, Iskra sashayed her way closer, tail wagging and expression friendly as she approached.

"Pretty cool stuff in there, huh?" she called, earning a surprised glance as she trotted over and sat down to join the observation without a second thought. For a little bit she watched the fish swimming around it's confined little puddle, oddly quiet for one who was always so keen to chit chat. The ebony and gold woman - Razi, that was her name - seemed to be noticing too as she lifted a brow questioningly and Iskra realized she'd spoken a moment before. "I'm sorry, what was that?" she asked with an apologetic smile.