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Kotori smiled at Asla as she came up and while he hadn’t necessarily expected the hug he certainly wasn’t overly surprised and took the hook with a gentle head thump of affection for his sister.  He considered maybe all the Fatalis liked hugging but nah.  Azure certainly never gave up hug vibes.  

“Hello Sis,” Kotori responded after hug-time was finished.  Kotori was able to add up Aslatiel’s gaze going behind him with her query.  “Everything?” Kotori considered that for a moment, “End of the story first.  She’s with me, I just excused myself to come and visit with my sister.”  No reason to have her waiting to see if there was a bitter end to a pleasant story.

Long drawn-out storytelling wasn’t really Kotori’s forte but he could offer a bit more than that surely.  “She’s wonderful.  We traveled through plenty of forests and plains.  In a dryer area, where it was made up more by rocks and dried scrub we killed some type of antelope I don’t have a name for but it was plentiful in an area.  Of course, a few bears happened, and she’s a great fighter, brave, confident and fully capable.”  

Kotori’s muzzle twitched in a hint of a smile, “I’m not a fan of the cold but, that worked out well too.  The end of autumn and the start of winter this year were much better than in the past.  I had company this time to keep warm as I slept.”
Sure, other things happened on the day to day basis and it wasn’t as if he’d mind sharing most things but he doubted any of it would be overly exciting.  He’d probably hit on most of the parts of Asla’s interest.

"How have things been here?  Both officially for the pack but, also for you." Things had gone well for him, hopefully Aslatiel also had been well while they were gone.

"Kotori Fatalis"