Phoenix Maplewood That's the point

Ah if only as things were as simple as he likely thought. It would make things much easier. Leadership is a complex thing, with many facets, many overlooked. The glory is the easy part to see. But with the power comes the fact you get shouldered with the blame for what goes wrong, regardless or not if it's true. So you must avoid it.

But how to explain? It's more than just standing up and staying you are a leader and doing what you want. You are expected to balance choosing the things that benefit the pack, proving that you are strong enough to lead, while also ensuring that those under you are happy. Should one of those fall out of balance, then it becomes your fault in their eyes. Push it far enough, and then they will fight against you, and without wolves willing to serve beneath you, you are not a leader at all. In times of peace and plenty, it's easy to keep balance -- any fool can be a good leader then, the world practically does it itself -- but have too many distractions, too many problems, and it gets harder to ensure. There was always something unexpected to mess with plans, to add another wrench into the machine. Runaway children, for example.

Those are broad strokes. Diplomacy, earning trust, overall decisionmaking, being a good judge of character -- there's many smaller things that fit under each. If you ever think it's simple, it's probably not. A sort of wry smile at that, brief. And sometimes the right choices are not the ones that are most appealing, those might actually be the worst to choose for they might come back to bite you later on -- you then need the foresight to contemplate what's likely to come up on down the line. She looked to him, curious, It's no small task. But does that give you a sense of what might all be involved? All of her children this time around seemed like the type to act before thinking, and that impulsiveness would be difficult for them to overcome.. But if he tried, perhaps.