A Warm Welcome
05-11-2014, 11:58 AM
The sudden intrusion brought out a startled flinch in the man, but he recovered quickly. That accent was uncommon enough to strike a chord in his memory, and he turned to find the petite woman eying him with something akin to amused disapproval. He smiled and shrugged, not entirely phased by it. It was hard to consider much more than his growling stomach at the moment. "Well, have you seen my pelt? Colorful is my best trait, I can't help it if it seeps into a few other things as well." He let out a brusque chuckle, and wracked his brain for her name. It slipped away once and then again before he captured the flighty word on the tip of his tongue. "Miss Alice, right? It's been quite a while." Her coloring and mannerisms were distinct enough, but it'd been a long, hard year. Just surviving had been hard enough, especially with that searing summer. The man had gone north, far north, in search of refuge. He'd been chased southward by the growing cold, and had come to find the land much changed. A number of packs had sprung up and faded away, and even the land itself had stretched wide it's maw, proffering a world entirely foreign to the male. He wondered if perhaps Alice might help fill him in on these changes, or even better, point him towards a rabbit warren. "Talk" "You" Think |