Difficult Enjoyment

Walk | Talk | Think

He did not sound convinced in the least of her idea that he should have no trouble getting into a pack, concerned that, if that was the case, he would have already had offers. Ashtoreth stayed quiet, shifting a little in place. What did she say to that? She had no idea why he was not already a part of a pack, or what it meant that he was not. Was it that no packs that he had seen so far required healers? Were they full? Was it perhaps something to do with him? Had he been turned away because he did not mesh well with the packs he had tried? It was impossible for her to know. But at least he seemed resigned to accept it, even managing to smile again despite his moment of sour disappointment.

For a second, as he continued to speak, she thought he might have begun speaking to himself, saying something about his family and what his worth might be to them because of the line of work he had decided upon. Again, she had no answer to give but to shift her weight from forepaw to forepaw anxiously. She had no idea how to take the self-proclaimed healer's words, no idea how she should have reacted to him. Overall he appeared rather harmless but he was still a stranger, and a rambly one at that. Not even had he already been a part of Valhalla would she have known just how to answer his statements and questions.

But at last she could sense a moment for her to escape, to get back to Valhalla, the familiar lands she knew, and the wolves she was most comfortable with. A part of her doubted he had intended it that way but Ashtoreth was too out of place not to take advantage of the opening she saw. "You too" she answered after a hesitant pause, knowing full well she could not repeat everything that he had said to her back to him. But it seemed wrong of her to leave without some well wishing, at least since he had started it. Ash hesitated one last time, her tail giving a nervous flick, before she dropped her head into what she hoped still mirrored a polite farewell and then turned to head back through the sandy terrain toward the fertile lands she called home.

-Exit Ashtoreth-

OOC: Long overdue closer for Aoto~