Blacktail Deer Plateau having a wonderful time

he regarded her with the same fondness he had always held for her spitfire individuality, tainted as it was by her thirst for power and — he assumed — the unfair decision to which she had surely come. yet there was tension between them, made palpable by his lack of usual greeting and her comely little frown. "my dear fox," the gamma murmured then, drawing nearer to her and settling his haunches upon the ground unthreateningly, "please speak." in the seeking of his eyes surely the young woman would know of his own wisdom in the matter, and fox was a straightforward beast. surely she would spare him any attempt at nobility in the matter, and voice the jealous base of her choice.

and so he was silent, awaiting her words. there needed to be no secret about such things, not when himself and a member of leadership were to be involved, and taltos wanted to hear her thoughts upon the matter.