Only going up from here

The sound of thumping and thrashing caught his attention and lifted his silver gaze toward the trees and brush across the clearing from him and he watched the tree line curiously until the sound stopped. Clearly something else was having a hard time with these vines and thorns as well! He got his answer of who it was struggling to get through the briars a few moments later when a large young woman emerged, her pretty coat a monochromatic mix of grays with hints of dark russet. Now that he saw her it made sense why she was having such a hard time - she was significantly taller and more stocky than himself so she probably wasn't able to snake her way through the thorn covered plants as well as he had been able to.

He smiled as she came up to him, asking about if he had gotten hurt as well. He nodded in response, examining her scratched up paw pads when she lifted them for him to see. "Yeah, I did. Just a little on my shoulder so far, but this place is just trouble waiting to happen," he joked with a chuckle. "I was looking to see if there were any good herbs to collect here, but I'm not sure if it's worth all this mess!" He gave his coat a shake, freeing it of some leaves and such that had gotten caught in his fur from climbing through this vine choked forest. Now that he was thinking about being done with this place he hoped he'd be able to find his way back to the rest of the band okay. It was like a maze getting through here in the first place.

"I'm Segin, by the way!" he told his new tusked acquaintance with a smile. He could smell a pack's scent on her, but since the only packs he had been in any sort of contact with so far were The Hallows and Ashen it wasn't one he recognized. "Do you live around here?" he asked curiously as he stepped over to the edge of the stream to get a drink.

Segin Epsilon