something new awaits

She seemingly startled the girl. She scrambled to her paws with a look of pure panic on her face and stumbled backward, backing away like Avantika was going to hurt her. She made a trembling introduction and apologized if she was intruding. Avantika wasn't used to being the confident, reassuring one in a situation, but she kind of had to be now. She remained sitting, not wanting to scare the girl more with standing up, and spoke gently. "Hey, hey, don't worry. You're not intruding. Not even close." Actually, the pack lands were only a quick trot over, but that didn't change the fact that this girl wasn't trespassing at all, and so the exact distance was irrelevant and would probably just make her more worried.

Was it time for introductions? Avantika was having trouble figuring out the exact amount of time she was supposed to look at those honey-brown eyes. "I'm Avantika," she said. "Who are you?"

"Speech"