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Mitanni stopped, blinked, and stared Cogitemus a little indignantly. "No," she answered swiftly, just a hint of defensiveness to her tone. It wasn't that she was very offended his remark, but she didn't like the idea that she might not appear to be pulling her weight with the pack. She wanted to be seen as valuable and useful, especially to her leaders.

He stepped away to dig his claws into one of the trees nearby, and she went on to explain, "I just...I can't do the same things that you, or Malice,"-- Or Sage or Issun for that matter, she thought--"can do. I'm small, I can't force anyone out." It was a simple fact, spoken neither bitterly or sadly. She'd long ago accepted her diminutive stature and wasn't bothered in the least by it. It just made her lot in life a little different from her taller, stronger counterparts. "Not much intimidation here for patrols."