Who I Will Be

The man was quite eager to hear what she had to say, drinking in her smooth vocals avidly. He spoke of how he was raised, which brought a strange reaction from the woman, her cherry optics widened for a moment before she regained her composure. Eyebrows were still raised, surprise evident in her facial expression, but given the shock she was feeling to hear of his past, it was inevitable. She hoped he would not be offended by her reaction, she couldn't quite help it. "Well, I must say that is... Different." She replied, her voice hesitant as she searched for a proper word. Soon she was flooded with questions, his voice filling the air as he asked about how she had grown up. She listened intently to his questions, and did her best to answer each one in a single sentence. "My mother taught me and my siblings how to hunt, simply because all wolves should know how to hunt. If we weren't taught, we would be forced to rely on our mother forever, and the gene pool of Levader would never expand." His last question, however, posed an interesting one. She didn't know that women would require an escort, she had been wandering by herself her entire life, with no problem. She tilted her cranium to the side in thought, ruby pools focussing on the sky above, watching a few wisps of cloud scuttle across the vast expanse as she tried to find an answer that made some sort of sense. "I was never aware I needed one. Most wolves that lived near my home did not like pale pelted wolves, and stayed far from them. Albino's were thought to be sins, bred by demons. Though I don't think anyone ever had them..." She murmured, her voice nearly quizzical itself. She had never heard of such a custom, of giving female's their own escort.
She looked into the teal optics of her companion and smiled softly, trying to lighten the mood a bit. Clearly talking about his past was not his favourite thing to do, and it wasn't hers either. "But who knows, maybe my home was the odd one out." She chuckled, beating her thick banner upon the terra a few times. Yawning, powerful jaws stretched wide to reveal a tongue as pink as the rest of her. Snapping those jaws shut, she shook out her thick silken ruff and let a huff shudder through her chest, rosy tinged flanks heaving with the rapid inhale and exhale. "If you have any other questions, ask away." She said with a smile as she laid her large crown upon her broad paws, looking calmly up at her newfound friend with twinkling cherry optics.