Wild Berry Meadow line them up on a stage, see which ones are clever and which ones declined with age

If it makes you feel any better, she says conversationally, I don't know either.  Zephyr seemed put together, at least from her perspective — maybe it was jealousy that he had the whole pack and she just sort of had herself.  She'd like to say that she had Zephyr, but they'd just met; maybe in time that could change.  I left home and now I'm here,and I'm only here by chance.  Zephyr, my brother, was an older littermate.  We'd never met.  She shrugs.  And now we have.

There was little else to it than that.  You taught me something, and that's valuable. I don't expect you to stick around or anything, but if you wanted to swing by some time, I could make sure you're greeted kindly.