Around the world

He moved cautiously over the unfamiliar terrain. One step at a time, that was the way to make progress over the sharp black rock that threatened to slice his paws if he made a wrong move. Again he questioned how anyone ever lived here. But on the other paw, he sort of understood. Intruders certainly couldn't outpace anyone who was experienced at navigating the terrain. There had to be more to the choice though, there weren't a lot of upsides to this place except maybe the ability to make fire quite easily if there were spots where the lava was close to the surface.

He was about to reach the end of the foothills when a soft clattering of rock alerted him to the presence of someone else. Her scent hadn't reached his nose yet, but after a moment of searching he found the brilliantly colored woman, looking awkward and uncertain. She... oddly enough reminded him of his siblings. But there weren't any other litters of mixed heritage back home, were there? If there were they were a well kept secret as far as he was concerned.

"Greetings," he called out after a minute of hesitation. The discomfort he read from the stranger's body language put him at ease enough to initiate the conversation. Maybe he just had a soft spot for those who didn't seem terribly confident. That, and he was terribly curious where this woman hailed from. It had seemed that colorful wolves weren't common here, he was glad to find someone who might not gawk at him as much as others had been known to.