Duskfire Glacier Here's to crappy childhoods

The man nodded as she spoke, glad to hear that she had started working on some of the much needed protection. "If we had no travelled so far, and had such young pups I would agree with you." He looked around, already planning the hunt. "We need food, desperatly. More importantly, Shivali needs food. The pups are very close to needing meat themselves." They were almost five weeks old now, and he couldn't imagine life without them already.

"Luckily though," Siarut smiled and glanced back at Tak, "I have you." This was the start of the real reason she was here before him, this conversation was more than just what needed to be done. This was a promotion and pep talk wrapped in one. He could see th toll their journey had taken on Tak, the stress and worry had been hard to deal with, but she hadn't let it cave her. She was stronger and more mature because of it. This was he ultimate test, and she passed. Now he just had to tell her that.