Broken Antler Fen Dance

It was not Lele's first rodeo, when interacting with pack wolves. This question always sprang up and she had always found it odd that people were so very certain that there was a future for each of them. Sure - building dream castles was a nice thing to entertain yourself, but the cold hard truth was that they had only the present moment. The past was dead and the future had not yet happened. And rather than moving along a certain line on a graph, you were a dot in a chaotic universe. Going, wherever you were tossed and hoping that it would turn out well.

But she was not going to bore Eljay with philosophy - that had not been the reason for his question. Therefore she chose a standart honest answer that she had given to Teya upon joining: "I will attempt to survive winter first." She paused, wondering, if her reply had been to curt or impolite. She did not wish to offend him in any way, but over time her people skills had got rusty. Without knowing a person especially well, she had no idea, how their minds worked. "I don't usually plan much ahead," she decided to elaborate. "There is too much uncertainty about everything."