let me live that fantasy

The woman didn't respond verbally, but gestured suggesting Hanako was welcome. This made Hana pause briefly, a look of confusion flitted across her features only to be shoved away before it could settle, before it could be noticed. Could she not speak? It felt too soon to assume such a thing but...well, if she couldn't speak then she couldn't tell a soul? Couldn't spill secrets Hanako would very much prefer she kept to herself, that whatever happened would happen in silence. On her end anyway. Wanting to dig into this, cautiously optimistic Hanako offered her a smile, her tail wagging gently as the herd of deer continued to linger on the other side of the water, hadn't noticed the pair of wolves lingering idly by.

"You remind me of someone." Hanako said, only to immediately regret how her mind had made the link between Meadow, someone she'd cherished and her, someone Hanako would lead to hurt and suffering. "I've been looking for a friend, I mean." She went onto clarify, to lie. "My friend and I got split up and I'm not a very good tracker. I saw you from a distance and thought you were her, my bad."