Slowly her head lifted from her paws eyes narrowing as she watched the stranger creep closer. Ranyin didn't recognize her but that wasn't particularly unusual. Haoran had kept her mostly to himself since bringing her here, and she hadn't exactly gone looking for opportunities to meet anyone else.

And this one was looking at her strangely, What? Ranyin scowled sharply. She pushed herself upright glancing toward the den when another muffled sound came from within before looking back at the stranger. The girl's expectant stare wasn't difficult to figure out, she wanted to know what was happening. Rihe's having babies her mouth twisted around the words, And everyone gets to be in there except me, it wasn't entirely true, but at her age it certainly felt like it.

Ran studied the other girl closely, suspicion creeping into her expression. She didn't know who this girl was, where she'd come from, or why she seemed comfortable wandering around. Are you allowed in? There was something challenging about the question, though beneath it lived something much more fragile. If the answer was yes, then apparently this stranger was allowed somewhere Ranyin wasn't.

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