Her voice, the way she said his name, it was all so unfamiliar. For a long moment, Hutch simply sat facing her with a quizzical expression on his face, a slight tilt to his head. As she began to tell him of her Brother, the way he had attempted to make contact with his Alpha, his lips turned down somewhat. This was the first time he had ever heard of the Alpha of the city pack coming to visit Snowden... Not even his father had mentioned such a thing. Glancing thoughtfully towards the Mountainy forest, he unconsciously rubbed at a spot on his chin with the tips of his fingers on one hand. Why would they be keeping something like that from the rest of the pack? He wondered if Cassidy knew anything about this...

His thoughts were finally pulled back to Sophia and Hutch quickly lowered his hand back down to rest on top of The back of his other hand, wondering if she had been bothered by his slip up by the way she readjusted her legs and feet. His skin prickled uncomfortably as she talked about how easy it would be to call her pack, making him think that he truly had offended her in someway by his words or actions. But then she talked about how she had wanted to get away from the others and he instinctively relaxed. Hadn't he been doing that exact same thing? He could just as easily call his sister and the trio of new wolves to his own aid. ... Not that he had any desire to do so. Even just the thought of calling for help made him want to cringe, though he kept the expression from his face just barely. The only thing that managed to slip past his control was a slight tightening around the corners of his eyes.

"I am out here for the same reason... Not so much getting away from my pack, as much as it is getting away from my sister." He finally admitted, Somewhat surprised by his truthfulness. He wasn't the most trusting of people, or the most chatty, so it shocked him even more when he continued on with his explanation. "We just had three wolves successfully survive the change. I was asked to supervise their first hunt and I asked my younger sister to come with me. There was quite The snowstorm up on the mountains that it seems to of driven all the game down here... I needed some time away from the others to sort out some things..." It wasn't everything, but it was close enough when it came to Hutch. He felt slightly self-conscious for having said so much, glancing down quickly as a result to study the grains of dirt that had stuck to his knees and shins. "... Why did you want to get away from your pack?" He asked hesitantly after a moment, genuinely curious about her reasons for escaping.