Let's play a game

Pump didn't consider Gavriil a threat to the leadership, therefore this was not the reason, why she had asked him about it at all. For a person, who had so many good qualities, he had a low self-esteem. He was nothing like Ragnar or Pump, but at the same time he just like Thistle had traits that they both lacked, but were neccessary. One could live it's life life being tough, making only rational decisions, but it was not a happy one. The wolf-dog knew this well, because in all her four years long life she couldn't remember a time, when she had been more cotent than now. This was because she had people around her, who showed empathy, who weren't afraid to care for someone and be kind. Part of Pump considered them as harmless fools, but the other side realized that it was worth living and fighting for people like Thistle, Gavriil and many more, who had found home here.

"So you think that leaders have to be only tough and unfeeling?" she asked with a half-smile.