Spotted Eagle Mountain windshear

ty for starting! Backdated a couple weeks, I believe~

The deliberations were by now automatic. No longer did Ishi go through the process of thinking all of this through and coming to the "logical" conclusion that Shardul was testing him. Now he simply believed it like desperate follower with a cruel god, and didn't have the energy to ponder any of it. If he had, he would have landed on a wretched conclusion.

Is — is — is this because you want to be k-king of the cougars yourself? he spoke for the first time in hours as Shardul carried his useless little body in those great jaws. Ishi felt a combination of agony and numbness, but he spoke with perseverance. You can be king, Shardul, he offered, I c-can — I can be your second for a while, your advisor. I can work my way up. You can be king, Shardul!