Blackfoot Forest i will not die

Liri explained their situation well, and he nodded. "The idea is to encourage one another. If one falls behind, both are punished," he finished, watching Cicero curiously. "How do your ranks work?" he asked, but assumed it was normal. Work hard, be rewarded, yada yada yada.  "And, if you don't mind, what is your own?" he questioned, eyes still studying the face of the other wolf. 

He seemed young, but Aaron couldn't quite pin the age down. Perhaps younger than Liri, certainly than himself. The pale-furred man waited, curious of the others response.