Blacktail Deer Plateau My shadow falls against the wall

Why would you do that? Osprey didn't reply right away. She turned her gaze away from Saena and stared in the distance. Thinking... considering... During her encounter with Dante she had come to terms with, what had driven her actions weeks ago. Lonliness. Had there been a bit cliche to this too? Do something just because other people did/had done it? Maybe. The status of a black sheep among the white ones had never bothered her much, she had even considered it something unique. Yet there was a part of her that wanted to be just like everyone else. While she made up stories of imagined lives, there were people out there that were living it. Having their love story, their happy endings and beginnings, their dramas. It was hard to put in words - these conflicting emotions - even harder to explain to someone like Saena, who wanted direct answers, who thought that there was only two ways of living - the right and wrong - no path inbetween.

Does this pack not mean anything to you? Why would you break a law? Had she given one thought about her pack, when she had ventured off during her days of heat? No. The pack didn't provide her with everything she needed. There were friends, but was there a family for Osprey? She had lived here for more than a year, built her life from point zero, following the pattern she had learned back at Flightless falcons. Life was not bad, but it didn't feel the same either. She was a good packmate - friendly, helpful, cheerful, contributed to the greater good for them all, she gave her share in helping to raise Blue Willow's children, yet the point of, why she was doing all of this, was missing. "Probably not enough not to break a law," Osprey shrugged, still not looking at Saena. Whatever she would have said would not reach her niece's ears. The girl would stick to her only truth.