Great Bear Wilderness your eyes so big

i know, atausiq rasps. i was afraid if i said that i was leaving — to anyone — that i would be stopped. convinced to stay. he doesn't quite mean for it to sound like 'and i didn't want to' at the end but ...there was nothing to be done about it. he doesn't apologize for it, still stubbornly set in his belief that it was what was best. for easthollow, if he was trying to spin a selfish ploy as selfless, but mostly ...it was for him. easthollow hadn't benefited from his abrupt departure though it could be argued that they didn't benefit from his torn presence either.

at the chiding, his ears flutter back and shoulders tense. he resists the urge to scowl; barely. pointing out that he had howled didn't strike him as the wise thing to do at the moment. i thought it wouldn't matter and then i thought that maybe it shouldn't matter. after all, the last thing he wanted was special treatment because he was the son of the alpha's. i'm your son but i was still your subordinate. consequences for disobedience should be the same. and so, he chose to exile himself.