Inner Peace?

Aerndis continued working on leaving claw marks into the tree. It was a lot of work, far more work than just marking an average oak or birch. It was important to her to have two separate lines so she tried not to let her paws get to close. The marking needed to look unnatural enough that it would let her know it was a mark that she'd made.

She was so engrossed in what she was doing that she didn't hear the man approach but she whipped her head around when she heard her name. She grinned at the familiar face. "Kai! Yes, its Aerndis. How have you been doing? What brings you out this way? I was just doing a bit of exploring." She let herself fall down to all fours for a moment, needing a break anyway from what she was doing.

"I was just wondering how old some of these trees are." To grow so tall and so wide they had to be hundreds of years old. There wasn't much else growing down on the forest floor where she was. Mostly moss and a few other plants that were able to thrive in the sparse light that managed to make it through the giant trees foliage.