Sawtooth Spire It's only been about a couple of days

Oh, she had words alright. Wisely, she was planning to keep a lot of them to herself for now. She knew her plans to challenge Takiyok in Diaspora weren't favourable with the General and she doubted he would approve of many of her thoughts about this merging of packs. There would come a time and place for bringing all those things up, but as Mahler drew up alongside her, she decided now was not it.

Wylla stood from her squat at the sound of his approach and paused when her belly fluttered with kicking puppy paws. That started yesterday and was already a common occurrence, and her increase in physical activity thanks to this godforsaken mountain definitely didn't help. This place sucks, she grumbled, reaching to plant a very tentative swipe of her tongue on the side of his muzzle. There better be something damn good to make up for it. What was wrong with the hollow?

My feet hurt and my back hurts and it's such a long climb and the ground is uneven and what if I break my leg? was precisely the whiny undertone her words took.