Moonspear you are to me like a very, very wild thing

Alya was already shaking her head; "I know you don't want it, Hy. Regardless, I am not speaking of friendship as an emotion -- at least on your part -- but as a practice," she tried to explain, feeling that her sister's patience was wearing thin. There was nothing to be done about the Nightwalkers, at this point. Alya held in a breath and let it out slowly, giving up her concerns about them for the moment. They'd been allowed to grow, and now they could not be crushed and done away with without trouble.

"Those who fear you might seek to overthrow you. Those like the Nightwalkers, who have no personal loyalty to you. To balance that, we should do our best to make ourselves personal allies to any packs we seek alliances with in the future," she said softly. "Just because you have risen above such things does not mean the rest of the world is on your level. And I have come to see... especially after what happened with Terance and Wraen and Liffey and Rannoch... while we did nothing we found reprehensible, others view these things differently. And if the way they expect the world to work is parroted back at them, they're often much easier to work with. So I am suggesting we try to make friends before followers. And if you won't, then perhaps sending a less intimidating envoy in your stead would help."