Blacktail Deer Plateau And to be awake is for us to think

He nodded and began moving again, matching steps with Ruenna so they could talk properly. She drew in a breath and began speaking, asking if he could teach her self-defense. He briefly wondered what she felt she would need to defend her self from. Maybe she just wanted to be prepared just in case? 

She continued on, clarifying that she was most interested in learning how to deter an attack from behind. Confusion crossed his face and he slowed a bit. When he looked at her, it was to find her gaze trained to the path ahead. It was an oddly specific request, and he wanted to ask her about it but she was speaking again, bringing up the winter months and all that happened during them. At first he grew even more confused. Why were the winter months more of a problem for the women--but clarity hit him at the tail end of that thought. His jaw tightened and he stopped walking, attempting to grab her attention just as she finished taking. Ruenna, he said at first, quiet anger in his voice. Did someone in the pack force you to do something you did not want to do? Surely none of the males in his pack would do such a thing. The idea didn't settle well in his mind, and he needed to know it wasn't the case before the conversation moved any further.