Moonspear And into the fire we go

He nodded; the healing was not enough of a reason, not with the ire that Charon and Amekaze had shown with his first meeting with them. Nor was winter. If they had wanted to cast him out, they would have in a heartbeat, Gannet knew this. It was that he was her friend. This was what Gannet guessed made her father willing to give him a chance. Rannoch's situation might have been similar, but Gannet guessed he hadn't had many terrifying interrogations in his time there. His injuries hadn't been inflicted by the very pack that took him in.

This time it was Gannet's turn to keep silence. There was a coolness between the two women that made him decidedly uncomfortable, so he waited, looking uncertainly between the two of them.