~Ash dipped her head, taking this in curiously. But the young wolf's words seemed contradictory to her manner. Did she really intend to leave or was she bluffing? "I think I'm just passing through," she growled slowly, choosing her words carefully. "But some work in exchange for a meal that doesn't run away doesn't sound too bad for tonight."~
Tess bowed her head, accepting this. With that, all sense of hostility were gone. She sat before Ash, wrapping her tail neatly around her paws. "You're Ulven?" she asked.
~Ash dipped her head, her mane drooping down, adoring the edge of her neck."Indeed I am," she acknowledged, getting to her paws and giving her long mane a thorough shake. "Which is why I must go fetch my clothes if I'm going to work for Greymane." She whirled around, and looked back at Tess. "I'll be back soon." With that, she thrummed into a lunging sprint and darted up into the shadowed woodlands.~