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He too had trepidation, though he did not voice his.  They had lost many, and to lose more to this was a hard blow.  Even some of those who remained were not around much, and though they were a large pack, they felt a much smaller group than they had been.  He was not sure what to do about this either.  It was as though they were once more fragmenting after things had been going so smoothly.

"We will keep doing our best, and hope it is enough," he responded firmly, though internally he wondered.  Was there more they could do?  If so, he did not have the answer.  "But I believe that we will make it through this."  He could do no differently.  At the pain he heard behind the Beta's tone, though, he felt as though he'd been struck.  And he wished more than anything else, in that moment, his answer moments ago had been able to alleviate this rather than surely increasing it.