Rogue Outcrop being young and feeling old

Mako's eyes widened at the word "monadnock". Shit, that was it. With tundra in mind, it was easier to sort of blurrily recall her scarred face among the wolves of the monadnock. Hopefully she didn't hold any hard feelings towards him for leaving. His departure from the Monadnock was a lot more subdued than the way his family fled the Bend.


He hummed in agreement as her tail wagged, seemingly happy enough with him. No hard feelings, apparently. He smirked a little bit orange eyes twinkling, "Surprised I could forget someone as striking as you," He blatantly flirted, not particularly caring that she was twice his age.

She couldn't help but chuckle at his flattering words. He was a fair bit younger, and there was someone waiting for her just down the mountainside, perhaps she would have returned his flirtation had it been under different circumstances.

"You might be surprised just how well I blend in." The dove spoke in easy tones with a small smirk forming on her scarred features as she leaned into the warmth of the stone wall next to them. Her eyes closed for a moment, feeling more than capable of relaxing in his presence. Hulking beast or not he seemed to be far away from being a danger. "You in a rush to get anywhere?" She asked as one eye opened to look at his masked features. Maybe she could borrow his company for a stroll once he was finished catching his breath.

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Mako felt a tiny little internal sigh of relief when she lightly quipped back, seemingly unoffended by his flirtations. Nor did she take them all too seriously, which was a bit of a relief. Mako didn't really intend to get anything started during this particular month, the stakes were much too high if he let his instincts get the better of him. 



"Not particularly," Mako rolled his broad shoulders at her question, "The opposite, really. Just tryin' to burn some time before getting back to my pack. It gets kinda awkward in March with all those wolves around, you know?" He looked at her as he stood up, ready to stretch his legs. Besides, he felt like if he sat down too long he would never wanna get back up again.

She nodded her head in understanding. Lucky for herself she had soothed her itch already as it was gone and being replaced by a different feeling, one she was familiar with. Piety smoothly mimicked his standing actions before offering a soft beckoning motion with her head.

"Care to walk then? We could catch up," As if they were some kind of old-time friends, the thought caused a smile to break her features. "or you could tell me more about those turtle islands, silence too if that's your kind of thing." She was ready to begin walking down a path through the rough brush whenever he was.

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Mako found himself returning her smile. Though he didn't know her that well, their shared history aside, her gentle personality made Piety easy to get along with. A soft snort of amusement left his nose at her mention of the islands. An easy jumping off point into relaxed conversation as he walked alongside her. Nothing more than small-talk, really, interspersed with comfortable silence. He hadn't realized how nice it was to just talk with somebody you didn't really know about nothing in particular.

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