Nian looked up, suddenly aware that the female voice singing harmonies with him was not, in fact, an accompaniment in his head but actually had a real wolf attached to it. He stared at her for a few moments, for once faltering for something to say. Even though the wolfess had caught him by surprise, he had no reason to be afraid of her. She smelled like a member of AniWaya, and her body language was friendly enough. Plus, after he got over the initial surprise he could see that she was quite pretty, and her voice had a pleasant quality to it which matched well with the singing voice he had heard. Smiling, he put the thin branches down and looked up at her with a friendly expression."Sorry, I didn't hear you come up! Oh, well... I did actually, but I thought it was something in my imagination. I was pretty absorbed in what I was doing. My name's Nian." He gestured towards a relatively dry spot. "You can sit down if you'd like. I've been working at this for a while, and I could use some friendly conversation. It's a little boring cleaning all of these branches." Saying this, he indicated the pile of finished poles, which by now had grown to a fairly substantial size.
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