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her question made him shake his head quickly. "no, no," he assured her, eyes flashing in worry. "not at all." he sighed, slightly, and gave her a rueful look. "if it's who i'm thinking of, we had a slight altercation in the maplewood regarding hunting grounds," aditya explained. "nothing physical--but some words were exchanged that were less than friendly."

that was an understatement. frankly, adi thought that the pale wolves had overreacted. the big male, especially, painting the morningsiders with the broad brush of--what had he said? "callous." "heartless." he had not endeared himself to aditya with his snap judgments, especially after he had done his best to be kind to the northerners, despite the trouble. they were the strangers, after all.

"i want nothing but friendship between morningside and the other packs in these lands," adi continued, earnest. "i don't know if your leaders feel the same way. but don't feel caught in the middle," he added, the smile returning slightly to his face. "this is not as big of a deal as i might have let on, a moment ago."