Great Bear Wilderness don't want anybody else but you

If there was uneasiness between them, Fox failed to recognize it. Perhaps she shielded herself from it unconsciously, or perhaps it had simply never been there for her at all. Or maybe she was just downright oblivious to the struggles of her pack-mates. Even the closest ones, such as Pantaleimon. Not that she would consider them particularly close. But he was emotionally (if not physically) involved with her mate, which made them closer than some of her other pack-mates.

"Something like that," she replied, pausing to catch her breath. "How’ve you been?" Truth be told, Fox hadn't been particularly good at keeping up with the going-ons of Redhawk Caldera lately. But she wanted to turn that around, get back into the ol' groove. She had a feeling that if she lost touch, she couldn't really be a leader. And that was something she had clung to for validation and support.