First spilt blood [Champion]

*Champion* · 03-30-2013, 09:30 PM

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So she was a poetess of an odd sort - and one who wanted nothing but what she earned. Champion liked that. It made it so that Champion rather enjoyed the sound the stranger's laughter. What's more she really thought about the grey lady's words. "What would you have done had you made it worse?" She would've made do like she always did - or died a slow and lonely death. The end. Next question?

But the other wolf was already speaking again. And in the words Champion heard a ring of kindness. Champion's muzzle twisted into a smirk and then a true smile. "All that way for a wolf you just met? Stranger, I think we're gonna get along." Then came the comment about her kingdom not being too far away. When she said "her Kingdom", had she actually meant her kingdom? With the she-wolf's size, Champion wouldn't have been surprised. And yet.... what Alpha went out elk hunting alone while she was pregnant?

And to that Champion's answer came rather quickly: the sort of wolf who was as crazy as her.

Well whoever she was, Champion had already decided that this day was far from wasted. As they set off together, Champion scented the blood - it wasn't just light surface blood, it was fresh from the heart - she'd hit an artery. Excellent news for the two hunters. But Champion wasn't going to patronize the grey lady - she could scent that for herself. And meanwhile she was trying to make sure all her bones were in the right place. She had some ribs that were definably hurt- hair line fracture probably, but so long as she didn't let her habit to lumber like a bear creep in, she was okay. Okay meaning - in a ton of pain but still able to function just fine. She kept her brow knit with an effort to force her breathing to stay nice and even - but she still showed proper attention to the other wolf.

Particularly when she started speaking again.

Particularly when the actual words hit Champion's ears.

She was raised in a military society - which means she wouldn't have lasted long if she didn't have a healthy respect for rank. On hearing of the rank, her first instinct was to bow her head - but then hadn't the lady -er- Newt just asked her to skip formalities? Very well. She'd respect that wish. All she gave was a tilt of the head, that and the sudden hitch of the eyebrows that she simply couldn't control. "Pleasure to meet you," she said simply. So she was hunting with a Queen, hmmm? She hadn't so much as seen anyone with noble ranking since her few days spent in Tortuga. Dang that Kaien was a fine looking beast. But now wasn't time for her silly crushes.

She'd been asked a question. Who was she? "My name's Champion, Ma'am-er-Newt. I've been all about, but I'm originally from the Far North. Loved it there, but had to run away when I had a disagreement with the War Council. They didn't like the idea of a female warrior - before my mother came along, they told me no she-wolf had ever fought in the ranks. Well I loved the thrill of fighting too much to just give it up - so I left. Maybe it's because I have alot of my mother in me-" she shrugged lightly. "-Can't say. I never met the wolf." She could say it quite off hand, not because she was putting on a face, or trying to be witty, but because it truly didn't bother her. She'd had a great puphood- raised by a wolf who'd been a dear friend of both her parents before the one had died and the other had left. Anyway, Champion wasn't the sort to dwell on the past - or the future really. She lived for the excitement and the challenge of the moment..... which currently was trying to keep her lungs together while tracking an elk across rough, twisted terrain. Turns out she was pulling that off pretty well too. "What about yourself? Were you born into a royal family? Mate into one? -" Champion raised a brow, searching the lady's form with the intense gaze of an analytical fighter. "-Or did you challenge for your place?"

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~I?m now becoming my own S.e.l.f.-.f.u.l.f.i.l.l.e.d. Prophecy ~

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