Sleepy Fox Hollow trübsinn

"i know this is hard. to be beholden," mahler groused. "do not think of it as a task. you are a member of diaspora. use it to help you meet the others."
she would be here a fortnight, perhaps two for safety, until her flank had mended.
why depart the comfort of a pack after that long a time? it was what the gargoyle expected to happen, though he entertained no true illusion that it was a certain thing.