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The Morningside wolf turned down their offer to help. It seemed they wanted to deal with their problems on their own, which Taki understood. He only asked that they escort the pups home should they find them--something they would have done anyway. Taki nodded and said, If we find them, I'll escort them home myself. The offer was more for the children than anything, and for their sake, she hoped the pups were found soon. 

Again he apologized, and the words were lost on Taki. Apologies rarely held any weight with her, less so with someone she didn't even know aside from one inflammatory interaction. When Sia said they would call it even, she had to fight to keep the incredulous look from her face. How were they even? That implied the Morningsiders had done something to make up for that day in the maplewood, and they clearly had done no such thing. Whatever. It wasn't like she would question her older brother's statement in the presence of others, so she let it go without any indication that she felt differently but with the promise to herself that she would bring it up later when they had no audience. 

She answered Sia's silent question with a shake of her head. She certainly had nothing else to say; not anything that would be constructive anyway.