teeth and claws

After his morning run, Magnus found himself relaxing on the beach and ended up falling into a nap under the shade of one of the trees. It was quite restful, but by the time he woke and took one look at the sun, he knew he slept too late. Although he hardly ever remembered his dreams, this one stuck with him. It was home, a place he never wanted to go back to, but home nonetheless. A grimace crossed his face at the thought, but the dream and been peaceful and full of at least sort of decent memories. Or what he could remember, anyway. A bit groggy still, he stood and shook the snow and sand from his coat before a stretch and a final yawn. He needed to get busy, maybe get some things done today. He could hunt, he figured, but the cache hadn't been lacking last he was there. While he knew everything would be eaten and hunting more wouldn't go to waste, he figured he could at least go around and try to meet some more of the members of this pack. If this were to be his new home, he needed to treat it like it.

Moving from his hidden place under the tree, it didn't take him long to notice someone rolled over on the ground, staring into the sky. It wasn't long before she was up though, and it was then he knew who she was. The Reaper. The child that won a rank she likely wasn't ready for. After talking with Resin about her briefly, when he'd questioned why'd she been picked, he wanted to know for himself how good she really was. A high rank such as hers should be saved for those that already know what she's learning, in his opinion. But it wasn't his opinion that decided her rank, so maybe she could show him how she earned it. He wasn't here to see it, after all.

Approaching from behind, he wondered if she knew he'd been there the whole time or if now would be the first she saw him since the meeting, if she even did then. Before he got too close though, he called out to her and paused. "Malalia, right?"

"Speech!"

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