King Elk Forest begin again

she turns down the offer - for now anyway - and while part of him wants to press it a little he knows better than that and lets it go. after all, he knows better than anyone what it's like being fresh off a tragedy, even if his was more of the everyone i loved has died in a terrible avalanche variety than the personal family betrayal/revelations variety. 

the androgyne is a little taken off guard by her questions, but he tilts his head thoughtfully. "we're not sure, to be honest, but i think so. our first morwinyon told me he knew of him because he was called the wolf-killer, so his reputation at least preceeds him." he wonders how old the elk really is -- and if there's a way to figure it out, though that might be a challenging project even for him. "we've been here about six moons," delight says to answer her question, still thinking about the elk. "so -- not very long, but long enough to be fairly settled, i think."