The moon fey's soft tread was hasty as she hurried the greyscale gryphon off the road and down towards the shady copse of sweetgum trees. The prickly seed-balls littered the grass like the lime green heads of tiny morningstars sized for pixies. 

Once under the shade, Rilana kicked a few of the sweetgum balls out of the way. Reclining languidly like some kind of royalty, Khona settled himself down with his back paws tucked under him and his black-skinned talons stretched out in the grass. He glanced around for a few moments but his eyes gradually closed, ear-tufts tucked loosely against his head. They only opened briefly with the moon fey settled down, leaning against his as much out of confort as a way to keep him from getting up to cause trouble.

The druid was much relieved and felt a weight lift from her shoulders as the distant chatter and rumbling of travelers on the road grew briefly and then faded away without incident. Rilana sat cross-legged in her traveling leathers. The hides she wore were the pale tan and gray of reindeer, a strange hue compared to the deer and horsehide more common here in the south.

She swung her heavy pack into her lap, inspecting the loosened string of the longbow lashed to the outside, and lifted a brow. She had been sure to sit close enough to trade the piece of paper back and forth with Alya.

[color=00aeef]"So, you said you are wanting to train him to hunt, but there are a lot of different ways a wolf can hunt. What kind of game? The first three or four months of age are a crucial time for pups. If you don't expose him to the idea soon, he will grow too old to learn easily. You will need to not only give him rules to follow, but teach him to look to you before he acts. It's good that you call himself his Mother. Wolves who grow up without a strong leader [i]will[/i] decide to lead themselves, and that is when they can become dangerous."[/color] There was a reason dogs existed, after all. The druid eyed the pup thoughtfully. [color=00aeef]"Teaching him without speaking will certainly be a challenge. But I know a deaf Chillborn man who runs his Moon-sledders with only whistles and hand-signals. It can be done."
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