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Today was a good day. Rio was almost comfortable leaving the cabin by herself, but only almost. The notion of being without her mother or father frightened her; she still felt very attached to both of them. The newness of solitude left her almost wary of it, for she had in her short time on the earth spent every moment with her parents and siblings. But her energetic mood had rendered her eager to go out and venture into the areas outside of her comfort zone. She moved awkwardly through the snow, distracted from worry but the swirling flakes. Always she puzzled after where they came from. She mused over ideas as she neared a place where strange smoke rose from the ground in twisting tendrils. Pausing, her face tilted quizzically, watching the smoke rise to meet the dancing snowflakes. Where was she?

The girl nervously pounced toward the strange sight, scrambling upon a mid-sized boulder to stare into the source of the smoke. There was water here. And it was warm! Didn't water become hard and cold when it was outside and there was snow falling? The strange combination of elements puzzled her to no end. Rio was startled by soft, feminine voices, and wheeled around to see where they came from. In the process of this, she lost her footing, and tumbled down off the boulder into the soft snow beside the steaming pool. "Ouf!" she exclaimed, righting herself and shaking herself uselessly. Of course, she remained covered in snow as she cautiously approached the two conversing females. She emitted a small yip in hopes of capturing their attention, her tail wagging slowly behind her. One of them had four legs, the other two; this she understood, because Mama had explained to her the concept of shifting. "Hiee!" she said in a gentle singsong voice. "Who a'you ladies?"

The cold air cause Ty's breath to continuously materialize as steam in front of him, his breath being somewhat quickened as he had recently made a quick kill for dinner. The meal was a small snow rabbit, which had met it's unfortunate end today when it had left its burrow and ran smack into Ty, who killed it without a second thought, after all Ty hadn't been eating enough meat recently and was beginning to take all that he could in this coming winter. Some of the blood was still caked on Ty's mouth in certain spots, as Ty had tried to wash off the fluids in the snow. Of course, that meal would only hold him off for so long until he either found another small woodland creature or until he found a large kill to eat.


It was not to long before Ty could hear voices, feminine voice, and what sounded like a child's voice. He couldn't see them just yet though, so he let his nose and ears lead him to their location. They all smelled of the Valley, so he had no fears of foreign wolves, and one of them he recognized off the bat. His old friend Anya was nearby, a wolf he had very much liked to catch up with, but the other two scents were unfamiliar. One smelled kind of like Naniko, but still different, and the other was the smell of a wolf he did not know, which meant that he probably did not know her. Now on all fours, he tried to make his steps as loud as he could, he did not want to scare the group when he crossed over the hill


When he did cross the hill, he found that his assumptions were correct, Anya was indeed there as was two other wolves. He did not notice the area until he could see the steam though, which also brightened his spirits as well. He had not been to this hot spring since it had snowed, and as such, hadn't really had a good washing for a while. Luckily, due to his rather shaggy fur, Ty was able to usually cover up any bad smell he had. As he neared the females, he spoke out in his usual calm voice, though obviously happy to see another face or three in this cold "Well, hello there!" He said to them. "Fancy seeing you here Anya, I wasn't expecting anyone out in the cold today. Who are your friends here? Newcomers?" He eyed the pup. "Emphasis on new."