Whitefish River level up

For an instant, she had the impression that this was going better than expected. Yes, it was only natural! They were not out of bounds with these feelings and just almost, the yearling felt the want to nod. But.. her ears splayed out slowly as it dawned on her that maybe, this was going so nicely because their mom didn't see how serious they were. Oh no.

Then Spica picked it up and tried to set it back on track. Okay! That was good, Syrma bobbed her head at that too. On their own, not with the pack--not guaranteed. It sounded pretty fair to her, and didn't leave much room for misunderstanding. As she waited to see what Mom would say to that, Syrma was terribly quiet, pinning Speedy with a stare she tried not to let waver with all of her might. Not now, not at the last step here. She wanted to prove they were strong, had each-other's backs, and deserved this. There had been a lot of them not seeing eye to eye anymore, but on this.. she just wanted their mom to know they weren't doing this just to be jerks. It wasn't like that.

Please understand she willed.