Although she had no doubt that Hotaru, with her improved sense of smell, scented Skye before she entered the clearing, she couldn't help but overhear some of the exchanged words, including those about the female wanting to join. She heard a bit of her sad tale and the fears that her sexuality would impair her joining; Skye ignored this, as personal preference of any kind save the dangerous kind (such as Liam's preference to kill black wolves) did nothing to help or hinder acceptance into her pack.
She noted how submissive and seemingly timid the wolf who wished to join was; she appreciated it greatly, however. In the back of her mind remained Liam, who had joined Cercatori d'Arte as just a young wolf such as Dara, as Hotaru introduced her as, but Skye shook such thoughts from her mind - she could not be afraid of every joiner, every loner who crossed past the borders. She refused to let past experiences cloud her judgment; Argul she had never known well or accepted to see his true nature, and Liam himself was too young to be seen as a character who would kill. But this young wolf did not show signs of a killer or of a criminal; as she overheard Hotaru say, she was brave to travel alone for so long, and her submissive demeanor at the time only endeared her to Skye. To turn such a young wolf away after leaving her small family who had fled from a massacre would be next to a crime itself.
The next words Skye heard piqued her interest - a linguist, it seemed, which was a great skill in a pack of merchants and artists. She smiled at the female, who seemed slightly nervous; now she wished to calm her down. "A linguist, and one who loves art as well - I have not seen many who traveled so young across the lands," she said. Not including herself, she noted; she remembered her encounters before meeting Shawchert. "And it would be a shame to turn down one who showed such determination - and skill," she added. "Welcome to Cercatori d'Arte, Dara," she said, the pack's name rolling off her tongue as naturally as any word she'd written or said, and her expression warm and welcoming. Her position was no longer sharply dominant but more relaxed while remaining authoritative; she wished to calm the female now, and Hotaru as well, who seemed slightly agitated when she had arrived.
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