Swiftcurrent Creek blood and beating hearts

Danica's ears flattened as Shadow spoke vehemently. She understood his anger, she really did. She could feel her own, a roiling within her that simmered beneath the surface. But she had enough experience with this sort of situation that she could handle it.

"Please, Shadow, don't... for all her unreasonableness Bazi is a good wolf. Her reaction, it was harsh but it isn't unusual. She will make a good leader, but she needs you here, and she needs you behind her."

God, this was turning her soft, wasn't it? She barely recognized herself, uttering those words, and she fell silent afterwards. Two years ago she would have dealt with this heartbreak like any other... sought to hurt and bring down she who had dealt it. It was a good thing she was no longer so young.

"Besides, Paarthurnax would miss you, I bet." She poked him with a forepaw, willing him to calm down a bit. "You're gonna have to come visit me and let me know how that goes, by the way." She didn't voice the unspoken assumption... there was no way she was going to come back here, not for a long while, the way things stood now.