LIKE THE SHADOWS

The stranger blinked as the other wolf made his presence known, and then immediately ducked and began inhaling along the ground, expressionless, but with the businesslike briskness of a soldier conducting a search. Had he really missed some stranci's border? It worried him even more than the mild threat in the other wolf's mannerisms. "You have something of little on your face, comrade," he said, almost as an afterthought, mid-search. He ceased his sniffing after awhile and sat straight up, as though he might salute. "My name is Mijrofa. I am sorry to your angel if I have intruded upo—"

Mijrofa paused mid-sentence, his brow furrowing. After a moment, he tilted his head quizzically, his desaturated eyes travelling down the male's form slowly, then back up to his eyes. "I was looking for a kojot, but now I may needing to find an egg at the first." He thought for a moment, and then nodded to himself. "Definitely an egg. I may need to backtrack out of Angel's land to place of plenty. Many birds behind me. Do you come frequently to Foggy Place?"