the night we met

Sinclair had to agree, there were a lot of good smells here. One particularly strong one drew him, and he was able to discern its distinct trail, before it seemed to melt into another trail. Confusing the pup who would stop momentarily to try and pick up another scent. Nothing there, or here. Well, there was plenty but not enough for him to discern anything in particular. Not after he had lost the initial trail. A little bit frustrated, he would find a root of a plant to yank on playfully - easily distracted as he was. Once he yanked the root out some of the rock of the stone steppe crumbled. The boy jumped back, stiffening his tail in slight irritation at the events, but it taught him cause and effect a little more.

Looking up he discovered that it wasn't just a circling enclosure, but a rather tall one too made of beautiful grey stone. He had never seen structures like this before. Strange, he wondered how it was that rocks formed like this so easily. Mouth and tongue idly chewed on root before spitting it out with haphazard bleps. Finally his nose begging him to go back to the ground. He caved and did so.

Wiggling about as he did he went back to find a trail - that was until the howl sounded. His head shot up immediately and his ears pivoted forward to find the sound. It didn't take long, there was an auburn looking outline in the distance. Dova was quick to come closer. Unlike Dova, Sinclair did not shy away from a challenge.. Although he wasn't about to go looking for a fight either. Seemed stupid to do such a thing. Especially if the stranger was bigger... There was only so much he could do as a pup.. But he did know he was going to protect Dova, and give her a head start to run if things came down to it.

"I-I dunno.. Let's ignore it? Maybe it'll go away..? If not, we stand our ground. And if things get bad I'll give you the cue to run, okay? I'll make a cool distraction." Sinclair whispered his plan, looking down to the ground momentarily.

"You know I smelled a mouse a second ago, maybe we should follow? Or try to follow the trail?" He suggested, that would distract them from the new individual! Probably!