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Stark's gentle reassurance coupled with the nudge to her shoulder acted as an achor amidst the thrashing, shallow seas of her mind.  Banner tensed up and put all of her effort toward focusing on his words as her eyes remained firmly - desperately - fixed to his.  The rage had bubbled up as quickly as ever and grated on her sense of security in her own mind.  Why couldn't she get a hold of herself for on single afternoon and soak up the rays like any goddamned normal wolf?

A shaky breath left her.  "How?" she ground out, attempting to keep her voice low and steady.  "Only one loss in a famine and they have the audacity to even think that way?  Bastards'd be singing a different tune.." she trailed off for a minute, not knowing how to finish that thought without giving away her.. strange and lost time before meeting up with her siblings again.  ".. if they didn't have the security of a pack."

Her anger then reduced to a strong simmer.  The feeling still made her skin itch and she needed to move around.  Banner stood up and began pacing a small pattern in front of her darker brother.  "How does she stand it?" she demanded hotly, speaking of course of Octavia.