He sat for a moment waiting for her answer, his eyes picking her over as he made sure to keep note of how she acted in case he needed warning to run, but she relaxed very quickly and soon stated her own name. "Rory huh? He noticed she was beaming a wide grin. "Well that's an interesting name." He chuckled. His face went down with guilt as she said about the fright he gave her. "I'm sorry about that." She then stated that she was happy he was alive. "Me too." He thought, eyes pointed downwards still. He startled, gasping slightly as she nudged him and sat down in the snow. He watched @Rory collect another pile of snow and push it to him. "Well its good to know she won't tear my throat out or leave me for dead." He told himself, half joking.
A question from Rory made his ears perk. "Mm... Well... He sighed and began to tell his own story. "I haven't been here long, I came over some lowlands to the north and climbed up this mountain. He searched his memory for anything relevant. "I think I've been alone for about two seasons. Was his next reply. "I was cast out of my birth pack before the proper time, Never really liked it there anyway. Too many strict rules regarding everything we did." He began to groan with disgust as he remembered. "That and I was the runt of my litter, had to steal almost every scrap of food I got. That didn't please anyone. Just before I was run off we went on a hunt, I disobeyed orders and we lost the kill, and a yearling..." His eyes began to run with tears as he remembered that day.
He continued. "(sniff) So they ran me away... I was so angry, so I told myself that they were to blame, that if they had listened to me we would have killed more prey than before, but... almost every night since then, she has shown up in my dreams... Her name was Elina. And we lost her because of me. He lay down and began to weep.