Phoenix Maplewood not from others

The wolf before her questioned why she bowed, and it startled Desdemona. No one asked why, because it was simply... "Ma'am, it is custom to bow toward those who are above myself." The simple movement of doing so was in her very core. She remembers the days very clearly of being mauled for not doing such a simple gesture. It came to the point even when the dark dame is not at her previous pack, she cannot help but do it. She had felt that Morningside would not treat her the same harshness they had done, but it made her wish to grovel even more out of respect. Even now she still yet to get up from the position.

Even more so, she felt everyone was above her. After all, she was a litter sired out of wedlock; a bastard.