Horizon Ridge I'm happy and content

"You are pretty clever for your age," Pump said and gave Thistle a look of approval. It wasn't that she thought that girl had lacked wit before, it was simply that she was a lot younger than the wolf-dog and that she had been sheltered from most of the horrors the world had to offer. The fact probably explained, why Thistle and Gavriil didn't have such problems in making new friends - it wasn't such an effort as it was for the leader.

"How are the cubs doing?" she asked, deciding not to dwell on the subject about the Wheeling Gull Isle wolves for too long. "Were there weaklings in the litter?" Pump questioned further.