Treyah was still searching for her mother and brother, and now she had added Lacey to the list of the missing. Her tender age was enough that the yearling leader had been pushing herself further and harder than ever before. She was at the the outer limits of her range when she had bunked down for the night, doubting the pup would have wandered this far without assistance of some kind. At least all the travelling meant that she actually slept.

Now that the sun was rising she was ready to head back home. Just a quick drink, and food if she could find it, and then she would be on her way again... Or so she had planned. She found herself quickly wrapped up in her surroundings, the glittering red rocks lit up under the morning sun, the light was dancing off the frost covered leaves, it was so different to the sooty world in which she usually dwelled. She couldn't contain the low "Wow," that left her lips.

The girl flinched as a voice joined her own, head whipping in the direction of the stranger with wide eyes and the tips of her canines showing beneath taught lips, her ears pinned flat against her skull. Once her heart stopped thundering in her ears and she could breathe again she offered a nervous laugh, her head dropping with embarrassment as she looked away, her tail waved at her back despite her sudden bashfulness. "Sorry!" she managed to blurt with another laugh, her face burning beneath her fur. She managed to gather herself enough to look up again "Didn't see you there!" Or smell you, or hear you. She was being ignorant again and one day it'd probably get her in a lot of trouble.

But he seemed friendly enough so she didn't bother to raise her guard again, "I'm Treyah, from Charred Ash Draw in the wildwood," she introduced herself, allowing her gaze to wander back across the creek before her. There was something familiar about it. Maybe it was the sound of water rushing over stones or the way the sun broke through the canopy overhead, but it reminded her of the bend, even if the colours were all wrong.

Treyah tucked away the man's name for future reference, her tail maintaining a steady wave even when his stopped. The question he asked strained her smile until it was almost more of a grimace than a grin. "Actually, I'm looking for one of our pups," and then she realised how it sounded, "Not mine of course! My co-lead's. She wandered off, I'm sure she's fine but it's starting to get a bit concerning that we haven't been able to find her yet." She wasn't the only wolf to go missing though. "Also, my mother... she wasn't well, kept forgetting where she was and who the rest of us were. She's been missing for longer though," and by now, she had slipped down the list of priorities to somewhere after finding Lacey and holding the pack together as best she could.

She didn't like to frown for too long though, otherwise the storm clouds would gather over her head and she'd lose the desire to eat or drag herself out of her den in the morning, so she forced another smile to her face. She could convince herself she was happy if she just tried hard enough. "So the Rye Fields, are they north of here?"

Treyah had never seen a tundra, and the concept had always seemed foreign to her. She couldn't imagine a landscape with no trees as far as the eye could see, even the rise and the meadow had trees here and there, but her contemplative look as split with another smile when he offered to help her keep an eye out. "Would you really?" Well that was a stupid question, he wouldn't have offered if he wouldn't and she scolded herself silently in an attempt to hide her embarrassment. "Umm, Lacey is the pup, she's light browns with a dark muzzle, about 6 months old now so she can get by and mother, well, her name's Naira, and she's a bit shorter than me and has darker markings on her face... just... might be safer to keep your distance." Not that she didn't think he could handle himself, "She can be a bit... explosive, and there's rarely any warning."

But she supposed, there was one name she never seemed to forget, and he'd need to know who else was looking for her in case she did show up. "But, if you tell her Triell Tainn is looking for her, she might get as far as the Grove without too much prodding I suppose? Dad seems to be the only one she doesn't forget." It was as sweet as it was maddening.