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He had just begun to pile the pieces of wood into some sort of organized pile of sorts when he heard a pleasant "good morning" behind him, causing him to pause and cast a curious glance over his shoulder. The brown and gray woman was not someone he recognized, but he was never one to turn away company. It was so few and far between for him these days that meeting a new face was actually a pleasant surprise. "Good morning," he replied with a welcoming grin as he moved to the other side of his fire pit so that he could continue his work and still be facing her as well. The place he was constructing the fire had clearly been used for that purpose more than once since there was a few blackened marks to be seen through the patches of snow and there was a ring of rocks around the area to keep the fire mostly contained within.

"I was just working on building up a fire if you'd like to join me. I know a bit of warmth is a rare thing right now." Perhaps if he hadn't been so focused on his task he might have paid more attention to the fact that he had never seen her before, but he honestly just assumed everyone around here was new to him until proven otherwise. He had been too wrapped up in raising his children to keep up with the going ons of the pack. He finished placing the last piece of wood into the pyramid shaped pile he was collecting them into before standing back for a moment to assess his work. "That ought to do it." Ducking into his den for a moment, he fetched a piece of metal and a bundle of twigs he had been keeping dry in his den for this very purpose. Coming back out into the open and bringing his bright gaze back up to the stranger, he set down his tools and told her, "I'm Allegro, by the way. A pleasure to meet you."

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