Cedar Sweep the light of the eyelid

"Little more than a year, though the extended family of the founding wolves has lived in the valley for far longer time," Wraen explained the vague details of the pack's origins. Once the pack had split up in three sister packs, now only one remained. It turned out that Blackthorns and Redhawks were like old married couple. They had lived side-by-side for years, knew each one inside and out, could not stand each other occasionally, but could not live apart from one another either. Not for long anyway.

"What is a mushi master?" she asked the question that had sparked curiousity in her.