He stood looking into the territory, his ice blue eyes taking in what he could see. It felt strange, this place seemed to lack any life and the male was regretting the fact he had come here at night. He should have just stayed in his den in the Weeping Woods, but he couldn’t sleep tonight. He had the bright idea to go waltzing around in the middle of the night to explore and to search for things that interested him. The moon happened to be full tonight, giving him lots of light to try and pick out more shiny objects, but as he stood there taking in what he could, he questioned himself about this territory. He should come back when it was daylight, when he could see better, when he didn’t feel like there was a chance of some monster coming out of the shadows to eat him. His eyes narrowed at the thought, he wasn’t a pup anymore. No there was no such things as monsters, just living breathing animals. The spirits may be around here, but they were harmless and couldn’t do him any ill harm. So he pushed himself forward, lowering his nose to the ground to take in the scents. He would find some trinkets tonight and horde them away somewhere. He needed to get the lay of the land and he planned to do so as quickly as he could manage. He had tasks to complete. He moved along slowly his nose working to pick up the faintest scent of metal, looking for anything that could be of value to him or anyone else. Things that could be used to heal or to hunt, to wear or to even decorate ones den. Things that he could use or trade with. Anything at this point could be useful. This was the place he had found his satchel, so he knew finding interesting things here was a high possibility even if he meant doing some digging. He had no problem with digging. "Branch Talk", & 'Branch Think'

Running around the East and South had gotten so much more fun since she turned a year old. Caelestis had gone to all kinds of places, though for now she tended to skirt around the lands she recognized as her old home. She wanted to explore them eventually, but after having lived there for so short a time at so young an age, the girl had enough unpleasant memories attached to them to not feel too keen on rushing her return to the area. Skidding her way down a slope she'd underestimated the steepness of, the young woman found herself in a particularly barren land. Mismatched eyes scanned the area curiously. It was mostly lacking vegetation, though what it lacked in plant life it made up for in other points of interest. Strange metal beasts were visible nearby, objects the likes of which the young wolf had never seen. She was preparing to investigate when movement to her right caught her eye. A stranger was shuffling through the land, clearly looking for something with the way he was sniffing around so intent. Never one to avoid speaking to strangers - to her parent's dismay - she marched on over, tail wagging lightly in a friendly manner. Barking a greeting so as to not startle the man before she trotted closer, Caelestis grinned at the man. Settling ito a seated position a respectful distance away, she canted her head, ears pricked, brows furrowed, and eyes squinting slightly. "What're you lookin' for?" she asked, skipping the introductions to get to the interesting stuff. "Talk" "You" Think

He would move along until he felt he picked up the odd aroma of metal, or odd aroma in general. Once he found a spot he would carefully dig, not wanting to damage whatever he had found. If he didn't think it was interesting enough he would leave it, but if he had any thought of it being liked by others he would shove it in his leather satchel. He had found two items so far which was a start, but he hoped to find more. He hoped to have a decent enough stock before he pulled his pack together so that he could immediately start trading relationships with other packs. He wanted to get them established first so that they could work on filling the empty spots in their stocks and surviving their first winter. His attention was drawn to the bark not far from him, calling out to let him know of the other wolf's presence. She was of more earth like tones compared to himself and seemed young like himself. She was confident in how she approached him, unafraid of the interaction she may have with him. A friendly smile appeared on his face as he tail wagged. She stopped a respectful distance before asking what he was doing. "My dad called it treasure hunting," he said. "You hunt things that are shiny and attractive." "Branch Talk", & 'Branch Think'

Wildly her tail wagged as the girl listened to the slightly older man. Treasure hunting, huh? That sounded like it might go well with exploring. The though had her smiling. Yeah, she'd explore and hunt for cool treasure. Master explorer and treasure hunter, and ultimate fighting champion. Such grand dreams the feisty girl did have. "Looking for shiny things sounds pretty exciting, mind if I join ya?" A smile that barely showed her canines played at her lips.

Barely waiting for his reply, Caelestis set to work sniffing around for... well, she didn't really know cause she'd never looked for treasure for real before. Mostly she padded around the area, nose to the ground and kinda looked for anything eye-catching to go investigate. As she circled the immediate area, she asked, "Why're you treasure hunting? Looking for something cool for yourself, or gunna trade it for other things?" trading was a concept she had only heard a little about, but enough to know that might be his intention. Caelestis wouldn't mind trading something shiny for a yummy snack or two. That sounded way better than hunting, so long as the treasure hunting and trading was easier. Otherwise it might be too many extra steps.