Swiftcurrent Creek Sunrise

Fox opened her mouth to speak, wanting to tell Amaterasu that she could just be called "Fox," but the (rather talkative) girl went on some long story-telling spree unprompted. The yearling waited patiently for the speaking to cease, and then replied with a, “Huh.” She had merely been looking for smalltalk, but she had managed to find quite the contrary—bigtalk. Fox absorbed none of it, if only because myths and legends had no place in her everyday life.

Remembering that she had meant to respond to Ama's first greeting, she did so now. “And, uh, you can just call me Fox. That whole formal title thing doesn’t usually do anything for me.” Sure, Fox adored to be flattered, but there was just something off-putting about being called "Alpha." She was still a wolf, after all, not just some emotionless robot put here to lead them (even if it seemed that way from time to time).