oh ho

Following the King's lead, Hanako was quick to settle down beneath the shelter. She missed the feel of something plush and soft beneath her paws, but she wasn't gonna make any demands for better accommodation anytime soon. Wrapping the newly grown in fluff of her tail around her side, her gaze flitted up to the dire wolf who loomed beside her. She felt...smaller these days, like she had to tip her head back further than she used to. Weird.

Eying his markings once more, she supposed it made sense. Not everyone got tangled up in...whatever happened last season. Maybe the wolves of  Fenmyre were smart enough to bunk down and wait it out, unlike herself. She was now convinced that she was cursed, bound to be tormented whenever spring rolled around.

"Ah that's good. Same can't be said for the Armada, we went through the ringer but we seem to have come out stronger for it." She'd noticed that a few wolves were taller than before, had gained new mutations and markings. Even she felt as though she had a new spring in her step...even if her hunting skills had gotten rusty as hell. "I suppose Auster is the perfect place to keep to yourself, always marked me as sorta empty. I don't know why more don't come out this way. "