sunsets and icy jets
08-07-2013, 01:55 PM
~*~ The dark fae known as Raven was quick to agree, and to justify herself with an explanation that she was a loner. Her opinion on packs was similar to that of the siren. Silverback had already known that the girl had a turn for language from the first words traded. So the she-cat was able to ignore the vulgarity and smirk along. But perhaps for a different reason. Wolves could afford to treat the opposite sex so casually. They were always around - or just within howling distance. Not so with mountain cats. They met at rare intervals usually only due to a brief stay together for the mating season, and then walking off their separate ways - though Silverback had been told by her mother that some pairs chose to stay together longer. It wasn't as though Silverback knew. Never in her life had she seen a male of her species. Not once. So yes, Silverback smirked when the she-wolf chuckled, but it was a rather bitter one. Raven's next words, however, managed to be quiet soothing. At the giving of the complement, the snow leopard's tail could be seen to flick proudly. Her head perked up a bit, whiskers unconsciously bowing forward in a sign of pleasure. "You do me a complement, Raven," she murmured. "Growing up, there was only my mother to speak to -" not that they did that often "-and 'conversation' was hardly on the regimen of training." Whatever her words might've been however, she spoke with enough purr and depth and pride to hint at instinct having a role to play. "So far, wolves such as yourself have been my only opportunity to put my voice to use." Having sat upon the ice, she wrapped her tail round her paws, and enjoyed the bracing winds. "I confess you catch me at a bit contradiction, however, for the only reason I have left my Far Northern home is to seek out company." Life was full of complexities wasn't it. She was quite proud of her independence and always would be. To be feline was to be independent... but 'curiosity' tended to come along too. "Outside my mother, my eyes have never seen another leopard." Well, that wasn't entirely true; there had also been her siblings - but they hadn't made it past their first winter and Silverback didn't feel like bringing in uncomfortable details. Not when there was something else she wanted to know. "I wonder if you have seen any in your lone travels?" |