Blacktail Deer Plateau This old world is cold and getting colder

On the list of Dante's top 5 nightmare situations, having Lasher's teenage daughter collapse in a sobbing heap at his feet was probably right below being trampled by an angry herd of elk. He was prepared to rebuke her for running off without informing them of where she was going, but he wasn't ready for the broken explanation that escaped her of why she'd gone. Lasher? Not love her? Because she was a girl?

If he wasn't made so uncomfortable by her crying, he might have laughed. It was the most ridiculous thing he'd ever heard, but she seemed truly upset about the matter, and Dante knew enough about youth to know laughing at an upset wolf was a sure way to set them off. His ears pulled back, but he attempted to hide some of his awkwardness as he sat down next to her, resolved to wait on his lecture. "What makes you say that?" Perhaps some examples would help him to put this nonsense to rest.