Whitebark Stream You know how

Kiyoshi was a hard little man to read. He looked up quite seriously at his elder packmate, but Taikon wasn't sure if he had understood what he said. He seemed so... still. Taikon nodded at the boy's assessment in agreement. He seemed to understand the basics at least. Pack leaders were indeed important people that needed protection at all costs. The prince knew that all pack members should really be valued equally, but in practice this simply wasn't the case.
At the question, a twinge of a smile flashed across his lips. He shook his head. No, but I probably would have been if I didn't leave my birth pack. The queen and king's son is called a "prince," and he's the only person who becomes King one day, he explained. If Artyom and Dawn had been considered royalty, Taikon never would have agreed to join the Whitebarks in the first place. He stayed because the pack was tight-knit and small. He stayed because the leaders were not all-powerful. He stayed out of some semblance of... love.
The smile returned, small as it was. He was happy that Kiyoshi wouldn't need to grow up in such a broken system.