She had been withdrawn, often hunting high on the slopes, pressing the limits of where she reached before winter's freeze made the routes impassable sometimes without a word to very many beyond those who knew her best, therefore knew what she was about. Her cubs saw a little less of her, but this was half strategy in itself to get them interacting with the pack more, and vice versa, and she enjoyed far more of herself only. Necessary enough.. as tensions wound increasingly high, she had mulled it over and honed herself 

A well-worked body and a clearer head granted her the view of it all she'd need. Even knowing what she did already, she still couldn't shake the want that stewed quietly beneath it all. None of it had ever involved them directly, not since Rannoch.. when he had run beneath the banner of his Vale, although had always been that distant blood to her clan's other half. They could do something, however.. they had strength, and the means to potentially gain something from their removal.. even if her interest in aiding Redhawk outright was slim. They were not the only ones, she suspected.

To all of this, there were many sides.. and when Hydra's trail began to find hers, she had been on the prowl for her pups with a haunch clamped in her maw of a fallen juvenile mountain goat she had been picking on higher up the slopes for the week so far. He had underestimated the ice, she surmised, and so her teeth had been a mercy when his lameness wore him thin.

Nevertheless, to Hydra, she slowed up and set down the thigh for a low 'ooo' of a chuff at her daughter. They all had a lot on their minds, she could swear she sensed it at times, because it couldn't all be her own projections. but her tail waved slow and fondly as she turned back upon her with a small pounce to nose rough against her cheek. Her original mission of sharing a snack with the younger ones could wait for now; Hydra's reports were very valuable to her and she trusted they weren't that starved anyway.

Her ears perked forward, and her beta was right to the point of Blackfeather's involvement in what the coastal leader had shared with them. Ame was quick to realize the weight of this, and the scope of this mad, pointless violence was ever lengthening. The fact that it was Wildfire involved was a layer of it that she did not particularly care about.. or really need right now. Ugly suspicions were confirmed and she knew she was right in telling the seasalt stranger about their flatlands scourge. The pieces had fit too well. The Caldera was closer to Blackfeather, her route could have easily passed by their waiting traps. Since she had come to hold most of Fox's relations in a similar, dismal manner, she could imagine the small red wolf had been a relatively convenient grab--easy enough prey, perhaps? Either way, she'd found her way into something quite shitty by evidently getting tortured.

Ame was still off-put by their continued lack of logic, and this was only more reasons to look down upon that forest's inhabitants. She didn't know why Blackfeather would bother.. beyond the fact that it was just because they could. "I see. Torture is just as pointless as I have come to expect of them. That coastal female did not know them.. I highly doubt they had anything to gain from it." she detailed with a wrinkled lip, then settled in looking towards Charon for more thoughts on Blackfeather, such as how he felt in the wake of his visit. "How did you hear this?" she asked back to her daughter, curious of that, and where Hydra had been as well.

With what was shared, more layers were revealed, spiraling deeper and deeper into it. Charon's tie was the mother of the problem itself, and Jorunn's son to boot. Another unexpected twist, one that scrunched up her brow, and did explain the likeliness to Floki rather well. Much like Wildfire's involvement in all of this, bits and pieces of the past kept resurfacing here somehow, one after another.. although it was none of these that motivated her quite like her own family and mountain did.

Above all, it was disruptive to her peace, and quite annoying to boot. Without any of her young being very dependent on her right now, she was combative enough to want to do something mainly because she could--something they'd merrily partaken in at Blackfeather in their own slimy way anyway--and it was, quite frankly, in the best interest of her own greedy halcyon. She didn't like the notion of her younger offspring beginning to range into the world beyond the Spear with this bother roaming freely and doing as he pleased.. not when with a little extra push and support, her yearlings just may know how to finish what they had started when they had saved Rannoch.

Still, she scoffed, humored that Charon's comment about Dhole was much like her own thoughts, only much harsher aloud. "True. Probably an easy enough grab. The wolf we met said Wildfire was traveling down from the north to visit her family," meaning to their caldera homeland of course, and right along the way past Blackfeather depending the on how direct a route it was. "Awfully bold to simply let her go after that, especially as it is," she sneered, sensing it could be an undoing. They already knew Moonspear was frowning at their misdeeds after Jorunn's spawn went home scarred, and now after Charon's little visit to drive the point in too. There shouldn't have been any doubt. Now this? Now Redhawk and likely that seaside pack would get wind of this. "Who knows what they hide there. Sounds like they just want the stoke the reputation, instill fear, yet have no finesse to truly make it work in their favor--not with so many careless, aimless moves. They tread on painfully thin ice with this," she said. "I still do not like any of it. Jorunn's son.. whatever, and whoever else, they consistently sound like nothing but a blight on these valleys." was her piece on the matter.

As well as she knew, it was just this one bad individual. But just as she had never heard of others causing trouble, she had little else that was worthwhile in their favor to note. Without noteworthy past histories or bonds to bank on, she was more inclined to just shun the whole mess of it, since evidently, it had nurtured a wolf of his sort in the first place and she had yet to find any good reason to feel differently. "True, it is the first incident of it that has had anything at all to do with us, but does not seem to be all there is. Neither do I suspect it will be the last," she mentioned, especially if they were continually left to do as they pleased. She didn't suspect that Charon's visit and him expressing his dismay with them would be enough to make them mind their manners in regards to Moonspearian wolves. She certainly wouldn't bet the safety of her youngest litter on the matter, that is.

Hydra voiced what she didn't have to, and with her personal involvement in having tangled with the wolf at the root of it all before, she would be an asset. Ame would not be holding her back on this one. "I would agree," she said, matching to a gesture towards her beta. It was a start, and a statement at that. She was in favor of dealing with this before it had to become more directly their problem and before it could strike any closer to home for her.. and while it was a manageable problem with a handful of other enemies? Even better.

Her ears switched and Charon seemed to want to drag his heels on this even still. Ame remained steadfast in her cold indifference towards them, and their future. She knew there would need to be a better plan, sure, but there was still time for that and she was unconcerned. To her, it barely needed said. ”Fine. We plan to keep our involvement minimal, stealthy, and get what matters. There has to be a way to single him out and Drogon knows the woods' area a bit, even. If the little shithead is Jorunn’s spawn, I have little doubt he is a cocky bastard, and that could be favorable if we can bait and taunt him.. Whatever else depends on how they resist.” Ame proposed quite flat, sensing that the finer points were best hashed out between her and the cerberus. Charon may not be overly keen, prone to objections, and probably disinterested (and bored) in the subject of such theorizing in the first place.

She understood he wanted his friend safe, yet could not see entirely why herself—not knowing how deep it went with him and her, and Ame was left wondering just briefly why he cared about any wolf mothering Jorunn’s progeny in the first place. ”And I just want to be sure my blood will not be needlessly hurt by their idiotic lot, now or in moons to come,” she reminded them with a nose up tall. Sending in an offense with a chance of injury was one thing, worrying that her little ones could be captured and tortured at random was another she did not want. She wanted them to know there was a dire cost to messing with theirs. If this was what they got for coming for Rannoch, something that only barely had anything to do with them, then be certain hell was on its way should it ever come closer to her. ”Good wolf or not, she may have more than just us to be concerned with if Blackfeather has dug themselves this deep of a hole..” she narrowed her eyes at nothing in particular, and would make no promises. Hydra made it abundantly clear she wanted the offender himself, and Ame didn’t care enough about who the crossfire affected to be overly discerning. It wasn't what she wanted, true, but she was bored of giving them the benefit of the doubt

What Hydra detailed about Redhawk was worth building upon, however, with or without Charon's utmost of understanding here. She'd not let his frustrations rankle her and did agree that Hydra's suggestion was probably Potema's best bet.. to just get lost before it got worse. ”Redhawk has never really shown off a good, organized offense,” she sighed, and although she knew it was outdated, she caught herself thinking of Fox and her Peregrine. It was still hard for her to plan in good faith when Redhawks tended to steer her history towards utter chaos. What she meant was: do not have too high of expectations of them alone. There were none in this Teekon she trusted that far, though. ”But they typically have numbers, and with the possibility of the coastal pack that was looking for Wildfire at their call too with a similar goal, it could be something—which I am very curious about.” It made for serious contention if it was already coming up to two against one, even without them doing anything. ”If so, they can pool their warriors, since I assume that between the two they would have a few, and make a real move just like that to chase them off or whatever they intend to do. Perhaps they can draw all the attention,” she supposed, creating the chaos she expected of them while they spearheaded to the point Hydra wished to make.

Charon certainly seemed to agree as far as Redhawk went, and she knew why. He knew firsthand how much nonsense they could bring so easily. Amekaze could never put honest faith in them, and really, was not warm to the idea of them being mistaken for anything akin to allies thanks to this common enemy and interests. Of all the packs in the wilds, naturally, this whole shitshow had to pull them in as well. "Sneaking along while they make a mess of it would be ideal, but hard telling how it will work out knowing them.. which is why the less direct Redhawk involvement, the better as far as I am concerned.." she sighed. In much of this, it was going to be unavoidable to some degree, especially with them looking to capitalize on the opening created by their inevitable chaos. But as Charon spoke of, they had to be mindful not to get drug down with it instead.

"Very little still, but we can learn. They are Wildfire's present pack from north a good way, seemingly on good enough terms with Redhawk, and with cause enough to act against Blackfeather," she listed. She was curious about more, too. There was much she did not know. "You will hear more when I do though," she assured them since more and more she was left to wonder what all they could, or would, do. To Charon's notion of a small group to find him when he fled, she could accept that. "But I agree with a small group to pinpoint him from there. I want to keep our interest in it quick and streamlined if we can." The faster to the point they could be, the better.