Hushed Willows I’m gonna go see you soon

[narrow]She'd always hated doing this type of work; marking the borders, securing the cache... her efforts had always been better spent in the arts of medicine and healing.  But she was a leader now, and she knew she'd just have to suck it up.  There was nobody else to do this job.  Few of them were even adults anymore and even fewer had able bodies with Alarian and Korei gone.

Although in hindsight, she wasn't sure what they'd done around the pack anyway.  She'd never even met Korei, and Alarian had done more scouting outside the territory (for what reason?) than he had spent inside being a leader.  She didn't resent either of them for it, but she wished it could be different, because now more than ever they really needed the help.

There was one wolf who had stepped up to the plate, though, and it was the one who called out to her now.  She turned, rubbing a paw across her muzzle before she addressed him.  Hello, Khali.