Lion Head Mesa prolixus

"there are leaders everywhere. but there is not always a king and queen." She nodded to show she understood what he meant. It would be a forever conflict between the two if they did not get along. She wondered if they did get along, and if they didn't, how would the outcome be for that? Could they find a neutral territory between they unsettled affairs? Or would the pack suffer under it? Would they make the house they had built so carefully, crumble beneath them? She wasn't sure, no one could be sure about it. Slate would either have to stay and see for herself, or leave them behind. She wasn't sure which she preferred.

"ursus is consumed with thoughts of war. merrick most of all. he is a brutal and driven individual." She agreed. She made a low sound with air leaving her mouth to show her agreement. Indeed he was brutal and it seemed consumed by the thoughts of both war and revenge. She didn't know what to make of that. Maybe she had been foolish to assume that things were over now, ended. The war wasn't exactly over yet, the battle for revenge would come again. She sighed at the thought.

"you will have long jobs with healing if you remain in ursus. but you will not have a godhead. only a feral wolf." She looked at Germanicus and then spoke. "You speak as if neither pack suits me." Maybe he was right. She shrugged to show that she had had the same thoughts as him. She wasn't sure if any pack would fit her, she had never been sure of it.

"make your choice when you know the outcome of this war." Yes, this war. For there would be another war surely. She left Crowfeather's side again and looked at Germanicus. "I have to one way or another." The choice was not obvious to Slate. Akashingo felt like home, but not much else had. Maybe the choice was simple enough.

Neither.