Sun Mote Copse From utility animal to life partner

Wraen had not intended to insult Towhee in any way, by suggesting new blood in the leadership. She did not think that the she-wolf was any less capable or experienced, or unsuitable. Quite the contrary, except... the idea of having someone new, someone, who was still an optimist, believed in such things as brighter future and novelties and whatnot, who was not weighed down by the disappointments of life, who could see a new way of where the pack could go... A bit of naivety, all or nothing approach, enthusiasm, youth. All things that neither she, nor Towhee had anymore. 

"I am not going to let you do that," she replied smiling in a tone that did not allow any counter-arguments. "You have a young child - focus on her as much as you can now, because they grow up far too quickly and leave the nest far too soon," she explained. "I am neither leaving today, nor am I planning to die tomorrow. Not for a while anyway," she chuckled, though she did not expect Towhee to see the joke in any of it. "But at some point in the future I might be willing to give up the leadership entirely."