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he could see its avian nature, and was flattered at her gift, but amused by how little she knew of wolf-life and its nuances. "thank you, kitten," the man murmured in the tones that had never lost their faint accenting. "i will eat it later. for now," he murmured, before he lifted the bird and crossed the clearing to a cache, gesturing for her to follow and pushing aside the mounded earth to deposit the bird before patting loam gently back into place, "for now, i will teach you something very important."

"your tail is indicative of words unspoken, as is all the language of your body. i am your leader, and so my plume will rise higher than your own," lasher explained, demonstrating. "you are to keep yours low at all times, unless you are greeting a wolf not of our pack at the borders, or threatening an outsider. you are the lowest ranked here; this will change with your activity and contributions, but until that time, down it comes, and down it remains."

"furthermore, to look another in the eye is an act of challenge. you must not do this thing, unless it is in the aforementioned situations. is this understood?"