Strangeness Abound [Open]

Formalities were perhaps a bit tiresome, but they were important -- despite the fact that they were slowly becoming the bane of her existence. She would present herself as a confident lady, her white tail curled above her back with only the slightest bit of dominance being displayed. Family names, lineage, and pack affiliation seemed to mean far more than she ever would've expected. This man seemed to be a rogue, but she cast no judgment upon him.

Instead, she offered a charming smile as he questioned her role as Alpha. "Responsibility indeed," she noted sweetly, though failed to mention she had yet to fully explore the exact kind of responsibilities she would be dealing with. For now, she would follow in her brother's pawsteps, hoping to live up to the legacy her family had created. Despite her slight nervousness, she was confident she would not fail -- she couldn't. It simply wasn't an option.

Khumai went on to say he wasn't lost, simply wandering as he saw fit. Not at all strange. Epiphron often wondered herself what it'd be like to live free of boundaries and expectations, but her surname was like a shackle that bound her eternally... a quite comfortable one, but a shackle nonetheless. "Thank you. And I suppose it is a mouthful, though I don't think my parents harbored any ill feelings towards me. I suppose you can call me Epi, if it tastes better on your tongue." A very slight smirk toyed with the left corner of her mouth, eyes brightening with faint excitement. Perhaps flirtation would ease her heartache, soothe the wound that seemed like it would never heal. At the very least, it would take her mind off Maverick. Even if just for a few moments, it was better than nothing.

"Valhalla... well, it's hard to describe something when you know nothing but..." The yearling's thoughts trailed off slightly. She shifted to recline on her back legs, not too far off from her new acquaintance. Sapphire gaze directed itself towards the lake, watching the rays of sun glisten of its slow-moving surface. "It's a good pack, a very good one. We are a very close family, and we value respect above all else. We currently reside in the plains, just a few miles west of this lake." Quite a few questions, and so few answers... how terribly difficult it was to describe a pack you'd been in your entire life! To Epiphron, it was simply home, and it was the only thing she'd ever known. "We do have a single enemy, a pack to the north, called Tortuga. But nothing has come of that, yet." She was wary to give information, but Khumai didn't smell of any particular pack, and she supposed the information would leak over time, especially if the threat of war ever began to hang overhead..