The delicate collie girl was sitting quietly on the porch of her home, the one she had once shared with Svara. She wasn't even sure if she shared it with anyone else at the moment. Certainly their scents were present within the home, but that was the only indication of their habitation within the structure. It was understandable that she might not cross paths with them very often. After all, because day and night had no real meaning to the blind girl she found that she slept at odd hours of the day and woke at similarly odd hours. In general she only ever slept when she was tired, which could have been during the middle of the day, or the middle of the night. It simply made no difference to her. However, for people with eyesight who could determine the daily cycle of the sun and moon, their hours of operation would be on a much more regular basis.
In reality, this little issue mattered little to Ruri, but it was something that aroused her curiosity. However, she did not dwell on the issue for long as a gentle breeze blew through the area surrounding the house, filling the atmosphere with the ringing tones of the bells and the windchime that Heath had given her. She loved to listen to them, and she had already used them to find her way back to the house several times. It made it far easier for her to go exploring around the packlands if she could always hear what direction her home was in. Since there was always some sort of breeze along the coast, the ringing and chiming filled the air on a near constant basis. The delicate optime was content to stand and simply listen to the sounds for she had no desire to go exploring at the moment. There were a few strange noises in the distance however. The repeated, high tones sounded like barking, something that she, as a dog, was quite familiar with. "I wonder who that could be," she thought out loud. It certainly didn't sound like anyone she had met yet, although there were several pack members she had yet to meet directly. She had heard and smelled many of them at the last pack meeting, but she had not conversed with them. The slender optime silently resolved that she would have to make a strong effort to meet her fellow packmates. For now, though, she was involved with trying to figure out who had been barking a moment ago, and what they were doing.