Catori knew at this point she had spent far to much time here, she should really be getting back to Ashton now. He wasn't one to wait around all day after all, but as she was about to exit she heard a soft whimper not to far off in the distance. A wolf perhaps? It had to be. Sure sounded like one. "That noise never means anything good." she grunted, making her way to the sound.

Peeking through a few bushes, she spotted the wolf. A little shorter, a little heavier, feminine but who knows. What was it doing? Trying to get a cherry branch? What a piss poor attempt. Catori knew she could have gotten the branch if she tried. She snickered, maybe the wolf needed help. Or maybe she would continue to watch it and see if it would try again for a few more laughs. No, that wouldn't be right and she knew it.

She hesitated, but made her way closer. "Hey... The cherry branch, you want it?" Stopping movement, she decided not to get any closer until they responded. Leaving plenty of escape room between them both. "I could probably try and get it for you.. I mean I don't know for sure but I think I could.. I'd like to think I'm pretty tough!" she laughed in attempt to ease any approaching tension in the air. What did the canine want the branch for anyways? If it wanted to eat cherries it would easily be able to do so without having the whole damn branch.

She was right, this wolf was female, and appeared to be quite nice. "No worries, I'll try my best to help!" Catori smiled at her new accuantence. "Twisting it didn't work huh?" She knew that much, but decided to humor her. The real problem was the branch the wolf chose.

"I don't think I'll be able to get you that one specifically.." examining the teeth marks and tears on the first targeted branch. "It might be a bit to big.. For me at least. But a smaller one maybe.." to her it was a pretty big branch, hopefully the girl didn't want that exact one. "Did you ask permission from the tree spirits before taking the branch? Without that important step, nobody is going to get a thing." she blurted, hoping this wolf might know what she spoke of.

She bowed her head, but not back at the wolf like you would expect. Instead to the cherry tree. She took a few moments to internally ask the tree for the gift, then looked up to locate a smaller limb from the previous. Pinpointing the chosen twig, she jumped up and began to tug at the tiny thing, she ripped it from the tree without much difficulty. While it was much much smaller in size, it still had a few of the round red fruits dangling from it. "Wow... I didn't really realize how tiny this was actually going to be.. Is this even okay? I could try for another.." Catori gave the girl a puzzled glance.

Pleased with herself, she took a few steps toward the wolf and set the small branch down. "I'm glad you like it.." She took a seat.

"Did you really want to know about the tree spirits?" She was upset that this wolf didn't know what they where after all, but at least she was curious. Ashton didn't really ask much about them at all. "I'm starting to think my old pack is the only group of wolves to carry these beliefs.." She sighed. Did that make them any less real? Or maybe her old pack is the last of the educated? "Well where do I start..." She stretched out her legs, pondering over the beginning of her story. "Tree spirits are the souls of the deceased.. But it varies I suppose" explaining this was weird, she's never actually had to do it before. "If you die in the water, you turn into a water spirit. If you die in the winter, you're a snow spirit.. There are other types of spirits, but they are very rare." fire and air spirits where the only other two she could think of. "It's very important to keep the spirits happy. If you upset a spirit, it's said you and everyone else living around you will suffer 7 years bad luck." maybe that's what happened to her? "So stepping gently when you walk is important.. And.. Like earlier, asking them for the things you want to take... There are also ways to communicate with them in sort of! The only method I know of however is scrying.. Using water. If you stare into water for a long time thinking about a question over and over, eventually you will see your answer there! They hear your calls and help guide you! It's actually pretty cool! And if you meditate, it pleases the spirits and good things can happen to you!" That was basically the gist of it. The starry eyed canine was happy with her speech on the divine and waited patiently for the wolf to soak it all in.

Catori perked up even more when the wolf asked her a question. Questions meant curiosity, the girl was truly interested in what she had to say after all. "Hmmm, Meditating huh?" it was weird, but she herself wasn't even sure if she knew what the word really meant. She had only saw and mimicked the elders of her previous home. "It's sitting in silence with your eyes closed for a very very long time! The longer the better. You do it to uhm.. Keep the spirits company and become one with nature and stuff.. They like it when you do it!" She was halfway bullshitting herself through the explanation, though she was almost sure she'd heard something along those lines said by someone before. She couldn't of been to far off. "It's really boring and frustrating at first, like when you are doing it the first few times.. Because you have to clean your thoughts and it's really really hard to not think. Harder than it sounds I promise!" she sighed, just thinking about it got her all riled up. The things she did for the spirits. They sure owed her big time.

She made herself more comfortable in hopes that this new wolf would ask her more questions, surprisingly it was a lot of fun to talk about these kinds of things with someone. She enjoyed it far more than she thought she would have, probably because it was new to her. "I'm Catori by the way." she smiled.

"Capella..." She responded softly. The girl sounded a little panicked now, and out of nowhere. Did she do something to upset her? "Hey uh.. Did I...." She paused, no longer sure how to even speak to the wolf. "Did I do something wrong? Like... I'm sorry, did I upset you?" A worried expression fell on her face. "Maybe I talked to much? I'm sorry.. Sometimes I talk to much and I guess I never realized it could effect someone in a negative way.. OR.... Maybe you don't want to hear about these kinds of things?? I guess I just get a little excited, nobody ever wants to understand... Oh what if it is because I talked to much.. And here I am even now still talking... to....much.... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry!" Catori turned away from the girl and took a few steps forward, giving them even more space.. Just in case claustrophobia was the case.

Guilt seized her mind, how selfish she was to keep the girl here with her silly little storied.. But wasn't the girl just asking questions about it a moment ago? 'I just... I don't understand.. Why can't I make a single damn friend. Nothing can ever run smoothly. Fuck.' She tucked her tail in between her legs. "Y-You.... Feel free to leave.. I didn't mean to keep you... I'm glad I was able to get you the cherries... I hope you enjoy them... I...Was going to try to nap anyways I think..."