The sarcasm he was met with surprised him and he wasn't sure if it was sarcasm or just straight up annoyance at him. She answered, mentioning something about weeks, and then shook. Little bits of sand and water went flying, leaving him squinting and turning his head away slightly as little bits landed in his face. He wasn't sure if she'd done that on purpose to spite him or if it was simply bad luck that he'd been standing too close. With a slightly less amused face he turned back to her when she'd finished shaking. He thought about what she'd said, 'weeks.' He wondered if she just really enjoyed swimming or if she'd been travelling. Or maybe she was making some sort of joke at his expense that he didn't understand. It didn't really make sense to him. Thankfully she continued and her words shed a bit of light on the situation. Ah, she'd been travelling after all it seemed. "It is indeed my territory, but there's no need to rush off," he said, pushing aside his slight irritation at the earlier spraying of sand and water into his face. His tone was friendly enough and he gave his tail a soft wag to be inviting to her. "This is a good a place as any to rest for a bit before you head of to... to... " he paused thoughtfully, his voice growing inquisitive. "... well to wherever it is you're going. Is it a place nearby? You said you needed to get your bearings? Hmm..." He paused once more, lowering his rump down onto the sand to sit. He didn't normally do such a thing with strangers, as sitting left him less prepared for attack should things turn hostile. But she didn't seem overtly threatening and Caedwyn had a motive for his actions. He wanted to build her trust, not only to gain information but also because he was still recruiting wolves to the pack. "Does that mean to say you don't already have your bearings and are in fact lost?" He decided to just come right out and say it. There were many wolves who he'd come across that were lost, or had been lost for some time. He had been one of those same lost wolves. If she was new here, he wondered if she had figured out that there was no leaving this place. Or maybe he was wrong entirely and she wasn't lost... Maybe she'd lived her whole life in this land and was simply passing through. Either way, he hoped to get information out of her. --- Speech. |
There on the Shoreline