Moonspear Summertime won't last long.

The youngster smiled at Hydra's reassurance. She had assumed as much but was happy to hear the Alpha corroborate her belief. She looked forward to the days when she didn't wake up aching like an old woman.

Her ears pressed forward as Hydra formally introduced her to The Pale. It was always like this? Her eyes trailed curiously over the misty plain again, mightily intrigued. She continued to listen, the corner of her mouth twitching at the implied challenge in her aunt's words.

-"Really? Can we try to find them?"- Meerkat said, chuckling at herself. She certainly wouldn't know which proverbial stones had been unturned, though surely her company would. -"How long has the pack lived here?"- she found herself asking.