Sunspire Mountains Myotis

The alpha female kept near to him, and as he spoke, she realized that she was hungry. While she nodded, her appetite was absent despite the hunger. "Later," she told him. It could wait; their time together would have to, but for now, it did not. She would have everyone rest their muscles some before falling into a hunt—it was not a good idea to hunt in a tired state. Errors could be made that way, and failure would be the result, surely.

"You are a good leader, Iqniq." Tonravik trusted the Spire would be in capable hands in her absence with the cubs with her mate, and also Nanuk. They were strong-bodied wolves who knew how to use their minds. How things had changed since they had met for the first time, when she had thought him not bright at all. He had proven her wrong time in and out, the only wolf to do so. Her opinion had been effectively changed since then, those days long ago.