Zalen could see the male physically relax, ruff lowering, face softening. Zalen returned to all fours briefly to close the gap between them. Zalen sniffed the young man all over and didn’t smell anything out of the ordinary. He then pressed an ear against his chest to see if he could hear anything crunchy which would mean broken ribs but heard only even breathing. So he was alright, only bruised. Zalen took several steps back and then sat on his ebon haunches. You took down a full grown deer by yourself? Impressive. It was impressive, the wolf was only slightly above average in size, not unlike Zalen himself. It must have been quite something to have watched this young male take down so large of prey.
Zalen gave him a small smile and reached up to scratch an itchy spot behind his ear, I’m Zalen by the way. Sorry to have come up on you so unexpectedly. This is neutral territory so I wasn’t expecting to come across someone else without smelling them first. He now had realized that the wolf had covered his own scent and scent of his kill with the semi-rotten leaves; he could see the half eaten carcass lying in the underbrush nearby. He turned his head back to the young male and gave it a little bit of a shake, earrings clinked together at the movement. The fleas were starting to return he realized, it soon would be time for another bath. His one the day before had been interrupted.
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