Gotta Get Up and GO!

It was a long while before someone broke her steady confidence, at least what seemed like awhile. How long had it been since the girl had been able to rest like this. After punishing herself for hiding under a rock for a season, it was... really nice. But his voice shattered her silence, and she slowly turned to blink at him. Like coming out of a trance she was silent for a few moments, before she realized what she had been doing. Cheeks coloured in embarrassment as she rose to her paws, elongated tail fluffing out behind her. "I was... listening." She explained lamely, falling silent again. It wasn't often that she was caught in a moment like that, simply because she never HAD moments like the one just before. Feeling quite awkward now, her gaze left the spotted man to look around her, before her purple eyes blinked at him again. He was pretty interesting looking, she couldn't help but notice. Her mood soon changed as she roved his form with more attention to detail, her body relaxing to her normal stature. "I'm Mercy, by the way." The girl offered, tossing a smile his way. He seemed to be about the same age as her, perhaps slightly younger. He was shorter than her, but again not by much. Inwardly she pouted, she should really start wearing stilts. While it was nice to feel tall again, she knew that she would have to face the giants of her pack as soon as she returned.

Feeling a lot more at ease, she once more folded herself to her rump, the tendrils of the closest willow tree tickling her pale coat. "Do you live around here?" she asked, head tilting slightly to the side. She didn't remember passing the scent of any pack, but she had been rather focused on running. But as she tested the air now only the scent of the spotted one before her filled her nostrils. If he did live here, it was alone.

"Speech"