Cedar Sweep Plus One

Charley began explaining, saying that there was only one rank for the outer circle wolves and it was called Gentry. Okay, that was easy enough. Even though they were of the 'outer circle', they were treated as equals to the Inner Circle wolves as they do the same amount of work, but they are not allowed in the tunnels or to the meetings. Here, he frowned, and a lifted a paw to pause the King from speaking further. "What tunnels and meetings?" he inquired with a inquisitve cant of his head. The Pryor also told him that there were many ways to get into the Inner Circle, you could simple earn a trade, but anything that proves one was dedicated to the family would be good enough. Apparently, they only had one current member who had proved her loyalty by fighting a bear, her name was Ayla.

      He took an interest in her immediately, and commited her name to memory before continuing. "That's brave of her," he commented, almost offhandedly before listening again as Charley began explaining the ranks of the Inner Circle, which, apparently, even had a male and female variant. Wow, that was way more complicated than Nico felt it could be, but he kept his mouth shut, for now. He felt more at home with the Privates, and Sergeants and Colonels, but he supposed this wasn't half bad; he could get used to it with time. To climb up, you had to challenge the rank above you, in a spar, he assumed which was easy enough, for a veteran soldier. But you never know, he might meet some competition.             
 
      Charley seemed to have stopped, so Nico took the opportunity to ask a question. "What about the General you said before that would lead your army?" he questioned, "What's that?" Obviously, that was the one that stood out to him the most, but a tiny part of him wondered if it was a good idea, given the fact that he'd promised himself never to go into theater again.