Broken Boulder Drumbeat

Prophet rolled his shoulders in a noncommittal shrug, understanding that they would never really understand one another. From what he gathered, Thuringwethil believed in a need for boundaries and buffers between claimed lands while Prophet believed in no such thing. The land a pack chose was sufficient for them as far as he understood. What Thuringwethil saw as necessity for the protection and safety of her territory, Prophet saw as paranoia, but no doubt she would see his tolerance and temperance as a weakness or a fatal flaw if she knew how he felt about nearby packs.

She thanked him and he nodded his head as she parted from him, sparing no further words on their disagreement. He watched her go a moment before he himself headed uphill to inspect the boulder which, as he had suspected, was split in two by some force of nature.