Blacktail Deer Plateau survival 101

she was a broken creature -- lasher listened, but he had already made his decision to bring her into the fold. "what is your name?" he asked, having already granted his own. the catlike sylph's willingness to learn, her desperation, had endeared her to the soft-hearted beta, but he would turn cold in a moment if her clear ineptitude cost them. lasher was a kind beast, but he would not hesitate to defend hearth and family first.

a pet implied that she had been kept, and therefore knew no requisite skills. he would take her beneath his wing for tutelage, but not forever. the girl would be set firmly on her way, and if she faltered, he would cast her out.