Greatwater Lake calling

When he indirectly corrected her about Alo's name, Koontz committed it to memory, along with the rest of the information he provided. Kamali? she thought. She'd heard the various names of various gods—Atka and Sos came to mind—but she'd never heard this one before. He mentioned that, like Dragonwatchers, Ookan was also young. Koontz wondered if there were any older, established packs in the area or if the park, up until recently, had been a previously untapped resource.

"Avoiding?" she repeated after Marek, made curious by this word. "Why?" she questioned a beat later, looking at him scrutinizingly with her pale eyes. That seemed a strange thing to do after committing to a pack. Koontz worried that her acquaintance would make a poor impression on his leadership, though she didn't say that yet. She wanted to hear what he'd meant first.