Ouroboros Spine crooked but upright

She did not enjoy being told no. But for all other purposes, she understood the reasoning why. If there were to be cubs in their future then they needed to put all of their interest in keeping the Spine locked down and safe. And she knew as well as Tonravik had said it — they had advantage. They would see the next threat, if it were to be from those plains wolves, coming before anything happened. It was with that she knew what it was that she would be doing, even though the desire to go and wreck havoc at their doorstep was strong within.

As Tonravik's eyes settled on her, she drew her gaze away to look distantly at nothing particular through the greenery. She could handle the disappointment of not going to take a torch to a distant countryside, and her deference was a ready point of it. She was needed here more than she was out there. Message received.