Firefly Glen not giving in

Meerkat bumped her shoulder, and Toad poked her back playfully. The weird exchanges that followed between Meerkat and Atlas did not go unnoticed by Toad, who delighted in such gossip. Everyone started to flood in, including Charlie, who sidled in on Lunaria's other side. The black she-wolf gave her a friendly nip, which Toad responded to with a girlish grin. Charlie had the raven woman distracted, however, and Toad was sure she heard him say Bronco's name in a nasty fashion. Words were being exchanged all around her, and she quickly lost track of things.

For a moment, she felt her age all over again. Meerkat was preoccupied with her own things. Once again she felt quite out of place, but knew that this day was not about her, and let it go.

Osiris confirmed her suspicions and told the group that it would be Atlas and Antares leading the hunt. This shouldn't have bothered her, but it did. Again she let it go pretty easily, knowing it would be nice to not have to tell people what to do. It felt just generally strange to have two yearlings decide what she, who had been training to hunt all her life, would do and how she would do it. To Toad, these two seemed like very capable young men just like Osiris, and she trusted his trust in them, but she felt...
inadequate.

Toad kept her smile going despite her inward hurt. When Atlas spoke the plan, her ears perked, and she willed herself to switch into hunting mode. When hunting, her focus was only on that. When hunting, she couldn't feel hurt. She stood at attention, soldier at the ready.