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There was little Anann knew about her new home. She had met so few of her packmates so far. They seemed to be fairly spread out through out the pack lands. It was quite the change from the colony she had grown up in. She could appreciate this much quiter life though. For it was solitude she had saught back home. Though she was rarely ever truly alone. Her dark horse a near constant companion. While perhaps not always in sight he never lurked to far away. Never out of the reach of sharp whistle or howl. It was going from a life full of responsibility and duty to one nearly void of both. At least on the scale that Anann was used to. She had trouble finding ways to fill her day as it was still far too cold for her to start tanning or even making the large vats she would need for soaking the skins. Until the ground thawed she wouldn't beable to start any of the pottery or work on the foundation for her cabin.
The tides had turned since her recent trip south, however. Having met up with an old friend she had picked up something she had left behind when she came north. A few things were items she had requested he try to find for her. Being a trader, her friend had come through and Anann now had a set of Hardwood Sabres. Perfectly weighted and balanced to match the two steel blades she used. She had not wanted to dull the blade of her swords with practice. While she practice stance and breathing, she had not struck an object with a blade in a long time. Now she scanned the pack land, looking for a worthy opponent. Her eyes scanned high above the ground. Searching for a birch tree that failed to bud with new life. Trunk straigt and void of lower limbs. The bark peeled away, evidence there was no life left in the old tree. Having found such a tree. Anann took her stance. The wooden blade in her left hand slightly longer than the one in her right. Clack. Clack. Cla-Clack. Clack. Dodging a series of unseen counter-attacks she repeated the process.
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