Blacktail Deer Plateau Here's looking at you, kid

It wasn't long before Liri arrived and took a seat next to him. Kavik gave her a brief nuzzle in greeting before focusing his attention back on Minori. She began speaking about the incident between the three leaders, offering her opinion on what could have been done to resolve things. His first thought was that it was much easier to make those observations from the outside. He couldn't speak for the other two, but he felt his judgement on the matter had been somewhat clouded by the guilt and shame he had felt since the event had unfolded that day. His first concern had been repairing things with Liri, which meant he had neglected to focus on repairing his friendship with Grezig. Not to mention, she had taken off without even telling him where she was going, and when she came back, things seemed to be even worse. He was beginning to think nothing could have been done to make Grezig stay. When it came down to it, she had fallen in love with someone she couldn't have; most would probably feel the way she did in that situation. It felt like going their separate ways seemed like the best way to fix things, even if it hurt to lose his friend. He also wasn't sure there really was a correct way to deal with a situation like this. In the end, someone was bound to end up hurt. It was all frustratingly complicated, and he felt he had dealt with it to the best of his ability. Liri was still here at his side, so he must have done something right. The alpha made no comment on her opinion right then, instead he listened silently as she continued to speak.

She went on to discuss the open beta position, stating reasons why she thought she would be a good choice to fill it. He honestly hadn't even started to consider filling the position; he was still trying to adjust to Grezig being gone. He didn't really disagree with Minori; he thought she would make a good beta, but he wasn't sure he was ready to make that decision yet. He nodded as Ruenna spoke, adding when she was finished, Ruenna is correct; I certainly haven't really thought much much about filling the open position, nor have I spoken to Liri or Ruenna about it. Did that make him a bad leader? Maybe he needed to get over his feelings and be a better alpha. That in no way means we don't appreciate your loyalty and everything to do for this pack, he added a second later, afraid she would associate their lack of action with a failure to notice how valuable she was to the pack.