Hello?

Ruga carried pieces of wood into the sheltered smelting area he had been steadily perfecting in the time since he had come to permanently stay within the Armada. Being given the freedom to work however he wanted and given the resources he needed to do it was amazing and it made him wish he had found something like this earlier, but he supposed things usually happened whenever they were supposed to. He stuck his head under the shelf of stone he had assembled over the pit where the fire was built, carefully dropping more fuel onto the fire so he wouldn't kick up too many embers in the process. He had put so much time and effort into setting up his smithing set up that his den was little more than a hole with a layered pile of furs lining it, but he didn't mind. It was big enough for him to lay comfortably so what more did he need?

A voice surprised him, making his ears perk and making his head jerk up on reflex and he ended up hitting his head against the stone, wincing with a grumbled "ouch" as he took a couple steps back from the fire, shaking his head a bit with a sigh. Turning his seafoam green gaze to see who it was that had spoken, he caught a glimpse of a smaller wolf standing on the other side of the smelter and he walked around to find the dark, fire-marked girl with antlers that looked like they might have been forged from fire as well. He was slowly getting more used to seeing wolves with unusual features and mutations after living around Sirius and his family for a while, but her antlers were certainly the most unique addition he had seen so far. He quickly brushed off his mild irritation from hitting his head and offered her a charming smile, asking, "Well, hello there. What can I do for you?"

"Ruga Amanto"