Fox's Glade Serenity Ribbons

Birk knew that he had hit the right string, when he had mentioned Valette. If he had had any doubts about Nanook's affinity to her sister, then now it was quite clear that she regarded her sibling highly. And for that reason she was yet another acquaintance to value, a relationship to care and nurture, so that she was handy, when he would decide to climb the ranks. 

"What about you? I heard that you have not always been by your sister's side?" it was not an accusation, rather a polite inquiry about Nanook's own adventures in life. "Been and seen many places, I presume?"

He listened to her story, told the brief version of his, had some sparring, some hunting and returned with her back to the Easthollow.