The young boy looked up at the large bird that had been following him with a huff. What did she want!? She seemed interested in him… but why? Weirdo bird. Weird bird needed to go away. Maybe he’d ask No Face to chase her off… he didn’t want to be followed by some feathered idiot. One in the family was enough, wasn’t it?

He was heading back towards the den, huffing every time he looked up to see the creature was still there. “Won’t you just give it up already!?” The kid snapped, glaring up at the bird.

The gyrfalcon was sitting on a branch, watching the youth with an amused look in her eyes.

“Such spirit…” The bird mused to herself, not letting the kid in on the fact that she had been watching him for longer than he realized.

Evangelos stomped his foot.

“Go. Away.”

But still the bird didn’t move…

...no, she seemed quite content to stay.

When she wasn't busy thinking about the past, or trying to spend more time with Dragon to make up for her previous failings, Iskra did still occasionally allow herself to indulge in a little wandering every so often. She was always careful to make sure she could find Dragon again though. Iskra was determined to not let him down again. Trying to actually enjoy her little adventure further north, she made her way around the familiar border of Abaven. It smelled like new wolves and the scent of the woman she'd met there ages ago was long gone. New leadership had likely taken over. She decided not to bother with investigating that for now, and continued moving more north.

She was a ways off from the lake, but she knew it was there. She could smell it. Her desire to go looking for a drink was soon forgotten though when she heard a frustrated voice nearby and followed the sound to an odd spectacle indeed. A boy with long locks growing from his head was looking visibly upset, with nothing else of interest in sight aside from a bird perched overhead. Interest piqued, Iskra approached the youngster. "Hey there. What's got ya' frownin' like that? Yous mom very tell you if make faces like that it'll stick that way?"