Phoenix Maplewood Thinking 'bout the last time I saw you smiling

Given how little she knew Saena, she did not know at this stage why she was claiming not to be hungry, nor indeed why she told Shreya to take the first bite. But her educated guess was that it was all in the name of a harmless kind of stubbornness that worked very well considering her high rank. The girl was perhaps trying to regain control of things, given how much Reek had shaken up her life without so much as a sniff of her permission. Well, if this was the case Shreya was fine with that. And so she obliged, moving forward to tear off a strip of venison, then moving back again to leave the remainder at Saena's pretty paws.

The old woman chewed as Saena made a fair comment. The two females hadn't had a chance to talk while Reek had still been here, and so Shreya hadn't explained her reasons for joining this pack. Mh I don't blame you, given how much it might seem like I joined the Maplewood because of my grandson. But I didn't, she revealed, licking a stray bit of meat from her maw. I chose this pack because it's where my paws slowed, and because I liked the smell of the trees, and because of the Phoenix in its name. And I stayed because you let me. Though Saena would have been well within her rights to throw her out. Not doing so was a bit like cutting down an apple tree and leaving one apple behind.