Blackfeather Woods we could be immortals

He was always unsure of the future. While he could govern his own actions, his fate inevitably lay within Mephala's hands. Even Nocturnal had some sway over him. No, he did not know or could rightfully predict where the pack would be in the future. Nemesis had not been truly proven yet; no one knows what a leader is like until there is a crisis. He had no sense of her true leadership. But a pack's journey does not solely follow their leadership. Only if there is, He repeated, having no true opinion to state.

I will let him fight, Damien was no pup to be defended until fully grown. No, he could and would fight for himself. He wanted to laugh at how much more of a worshipper of Boethiah he was. He could step in if things were becoming too much for the man, but Miraak held his cards to himself for the moment.