Jade Fern Grove That's why you're you, and the same goes for me as well

She had an eye for weakness. Yes, so did every predator, but she applied it to everyone, noticing it was a tool she applied to all in her life. In his current state, what did he have to offer to make up for it without hurting himself more?  Selfish as she was, she freely assumed that others would also put their own well-being over whatever words or loyalties had previously been promised.

Arbiter looked him over from head to toe, You don't look like you should be wasting the energy right now at least. But she currently made no offer to give him what she had gathered. Not a wolf of charity, she had intended to bring it back for her family and given the last few months wasn't keen on surrendering her catch so easy, even for a wolf she knew. Have you been somewhere that hasn't started recovering? She couldn't smell Diaspora on him, but if their mountain or whatever had suffered especially, then perhaps he'd been wandering far. Where did his loyalties lay at the moment?  She had made past offers, and now she made no assumptions.