Forest of- EWW

Certain his paw was satisfactorily rubbed clean, Mikhail quickly cleared his throat and finally managed a smile. He could see the other man a little better now; this was a younger gentleman, but he was at least as tall as Mikhail and nowhere near as lanky as the pale wolf tended to be. Mikhail had never quite grown into his own limbs it seemed.

"Ach, nein. Kyarst? You did not frighten me so much as... you were unexpected," the man decided with a quick grin. It was the truth. This place was creepy. Maybe that was something that would change once the day wore on, but Mikhail had never experienced these particular woods at any other time than the middle of the night and these ungodly early hours. And he'd been up all night... so that did little to settle his nerves when a shape had appeared in the mists. The roiling fog made everything seem hollow and ghostly. "My name is Mikhail Weiss," he would dip his head politely before continuing: "Do you come from nearby, Herr Kyarst?" Surely no one was mad enough to live here...