Moonspear Joining a Pack

He was concise in his questions. Amekaze appreciated it with a slow nod. "The bottom, for now. Ranks are relative here and can shift with your worth," she explained. He seemed even-tempered, mindful.. even, so she had to wonder how he would match up among her others once he was able to establish himself among them. For now, their ranks were small and she had need of able-bodies, so for the willing, she did not imagine it to be a difficult place to rise with enough determination. "As for bringing food to anyone, I would honestly say caching all you can is the best approach right now -- prey is only going to get more scarce, I suspect," she said with a squint to the bare treelines, her frustration for the condition evident. "We do not have any injured, elderly, or very young here at the moment, so no one is in pressing need of their meals delivered. But I want our stocks to maintain even if this gets worse."

Lazarus fell from the immediacy of her focus and she began to step aside, preparing to head down a path of her own soon. "As for hunting rules, anything on the mountainside goes so long as your skill permits," she smirked subtly. Some of their upper slopes were treacherous, he'd learn this if he ventured their way. "We also hunt in the nearby lowlands when necessary,  and may need to expand more depending on how things go with the herds.." This may translate to her being more mindful of the nearby neutral turf than ever before. Time would have to tell. She was wanting to prepare for the worst, though.