Whitebark Stream slowing down

Yes, founding packs did tend to be a joyous occasion, but she did not seem thrilled at all. She tried to force excitement into her words but he heard them for what they were. That she referred to their alpha as their prince turned king intrigued him; some wolves used the terms as mere synonyms for a leader, but others had much more defined culture, which is what he suspected here. He had questions, but so did she and she got hers out first.

"Something like that. Reckon I'll be settling somewhere." It could be read in his expression, the way his mouth moved and the slight motion of head, that he had made no concrete decisions, but that he was on the cusp of one. "It sounded like the guy had a harem up there," he commented. It was an indirect way to draw information, if she was so inclined as to confirm or correct him.