Totoka River And as the clouds roll by

Did I not? Almost rhetorical, but she could elaborate if she wished. A small smirk toys at the corners of his creamy mug as he wonders curiously. Had she expected then, that he had been a Leader? Or maybe it was something else entirely. Kukutux thought the same of him, who to her thought he was very different-like wife, but he would never say that aloud. 

Yes the island is ours. He confirms, jutting his muzzle to the island just off the coast, fitting with a sandbar to reach it and the rivers that flowed into the ocean from inland was an east way to mark where to go from the forests beyond. A perfect sanctuary away from problems of the inland. Having found her first badly beaten, surely she was aware of some of the dangers of being among many wolves. Not to mention avoiding most trespassers or enemies- no pupnapper, thief of caches, or any other would get to the island without being very obviously noticed from afar.