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It was not long before someone else approached; Xeris turned and found that it was just Tala. "Hello, Tala," she greeted the grey female. "It's good to see you again." Xeris hadn't seen the Locum in a while, and recalled her friendly demeanor from the first time they had met. She turned her attention back to the stranger at the borders once more, realizing that perhaps this wolf was interested in joining the pack. But for now, the newcomer just seemed to be amazed by Tala's Optime form.
"I'm Xeris," she told the stranger. "Is this the first time you've ever seen a Luperci? We have quite a few of them in our pack." She had met some non-shifters before, and they all seemed to be freaked out by the two-legged form the virus-carriers could transform into. "Myself included." For now, though, she remained in her four-legged form, not wanting to intimidate the newcomer with two of the human-like Luperci standing over her. It had certainly been frightening to her, the first time she saw a wolf in Optime form, several years ago. But the Valley's peaceful residents would accept either type of wolf into their midst, even those that had never seen a form-shifter before.