Bearclaw Valley Completely Zoned Out

He understood, but something in his head rang through. A previous conversation he and Evien had in the dead of night - musing about the possibility of what to do if a pack came marching to them demanding war. It was a sudden question Skoll had mused up out of nowhere, at the other man who seemed startled at the time. 

'But don't you think that it might be best to at least attempt to make some kind of peace before​?' 

The conversation had come from one thinking of violence, and now he wondered if Evien was right. Was there a better way to do things? Why couldn't Merrick refuse to forgive them but not actively hunt them down? He got revenge, it seemed, when he mentioned his mother before. 

'I suppose it could work. If Merrick would allow such a thing.' 

His own voice true to himself. No. There was no way to fix that peacefully. Skoll had come to realize that Merrick's emotions were strong within his form - that his body seemed to run on emotion rather than robotic want. He was upset with Easthollow for a right reason. He wanted his revenge on the entire pack not just one wolf. His eyes met Merrick's one for a moment. 

"I understand." 

And he did, Skoll did understand. Something like that couldn't be solved with one talk, or any at all. They would claim it was not their fault - and Skoll didn't know if it was or not. Merrick was just a child at the time wasn't he? The leader could have refused to allow his mother to leave until he was older, even then, he wasn't sure it would change the fate the woman had when she chose to leave him forever. Skoll's family was never something like that. He left them behind. He left his own family behind because he wasn't okay with their growing numbers - and then his sister went along with him. He always was the weak one, until he couldn't be anymore when the two got split up. It was nothing like what Merrick had to live through. 

"Whatever happens with Easthollow, I will always stand beside Ursus." And he hoped the others would too. He decided now, that it was no longer a promise to be broken later, and instead a commitment he had to stay by.