There was only so much time in one day. Now that their borders had been expanded, it took more time from her schedule to walk them and be sure that every area was looked after. She had considered going easy on the part of the territory that surrounded the back side of the mountain or asking scouts to look after it, as it was harder to get to and not as many foreigners came from that direction, but had opted against the idea. She didn't want to leave any area unprotected or wind up with a canine inside their territory who did not belong.
So she walked...walked...walked. She was lucky to have Teddy there to help her with some of the marking and border patrol, but still did a large portion of it herself. She had grown up believing that if you wanted a job done right you had to do it yourself, so she still checked some areas that he had already gone over out of habit. Better to be safe than sorry...though now the pack had grown to such a size that she doubted any others would try to intrude or attack from neighboring lands as had happened in the past.
A howl caught her attention, and white feet stopped dead in their tracks. The voice was recognizable, and an image sprung into her mind of the black and white wolfess from Dahlia. What had her name been, though? Naniko thought about it on her way there, trying to dig the female's name from her past encounters. N something. N..."Nayru" The voice came from her tongue as soon as the bi-colored leader was in sight. "I'm surprised to see you out here. Is everything alright with Dahlia?" She inquired, concern knitting her brow.
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