Lion Head Mesa kareshi

The woman’s words resonated with Crowfeather in a way he had not expected them to.

When he had first run from the Starsea and vanished into the unfamiliar wilderness, the dark wolf had felt positively riddled with regrets. He had not understood how difficult life was, not when he had spent his youth in the structure of the clan. As he had starved and slithered further from his home, Crowfeather had grown to resent his fearful nature and the choices that had carried him away.

Crowfeather looked to Satsu with a small smile, one that did not seem as though it should have been on his lips. The seer bowed his head softly, wishing that he could assure her, wishing that he could wipe away all uncertainties and fear from the girl’s mind. He knew that it could not be so, but he wished it all the same.

Maybe you cannot undo a choice, but you can always make a new one, the shadow said softly. It was never too late to cheat fate, he thought only to himself.