So much time had passed since she looked upon her own twin brothers, she could not exactly recall their faces nor their likeness. Nieces and nephews… continuations of siblings; would her brothers have fathered pups of their own by now? Both of them sitting a four years now, it would have been surprising if she did not have relations of her own wandering the wild and unknown. But who was to say they had even lived long enough to see their seed to root? Such thoughts had never crossed her mind before, and it was strange that they could become present now.
Grumbling softly, the female shook her head to dismiss the thought then brought her ears forward to return to her listening posture.
“You would give them a choice.” From the many words came a single condensed conclusion she could acknowledge, and with it came surprise. She would not have thought a parent would give their offspring this liberty. It seemed foreign to her, as one that was made to follow the dictations of others. Individual thought and desire were abolished both kindly and forcefully, making her the sheltered thing she had been before finding her paws on the wild earth. That a pup would be granted their freedom simply by desire was… frightening. But it was an outlook she had no intention of contesting. Rather she left it as thus and simply nodded, having heard. |