Silvertip Mountain let sleeping dogs die.

Steady's eyes took in the lifeless form of Solemn as Zaria stated none-too-sadly that he had passed, before shifting to Odette and Stoic. This was a grave time for them all. This famine was taking what it wanted with no care as to who died. The strong would survive on the meat of those who did not.

However much known that lesson was to the adults, Odette and Stoic may have been too young to understand. He looked to Zaria. Maybe this isn't a lesson they learn today, he said softly. He didn't want to go against her because he understood what she was trying to do, but the pups looked rather set on their decision, and it was pointless to exert much-needed energy on this argument. Zaria herself refused to eat, though Steady didn't verbalize that fact.