Forget your woes and let your troubles lay

All makeshift dens are in the heart of the territory for safety

She listened carefully, noting he did not answer her question. All she was given was the name of the child, not his nor his packs. The boy was around her age, surely not more than a year apart, but she felt so much older in his presence. In his eyes she did not see a father but a man who had made a mistake, had allowed this all to go down. No one entered their territory uninvited, so now she was curious of the bunch of idiots that came from the same group as him. Surely they would've known it had been a lost cause if they had met before, so these were complete strangers then.

Minnow has received adoration and love - safety and a stomach full of food. What have you to offer her? If someone infiltrated your defenses so effortlessly, it cannot be safer than here. Her voice was one of authority, speaking as if she was the only right one here. Her chest puffed up. How do I know this will not happen again? This time without us to come to her aid? Okay yeah, one of them had stolen Minnow in the first place, but her point still stood; Minnow was safer here and they could use the fresh blood.