Redtail Rise till death do us part

Ratio relaxed at the explanation, slipping into an easy calm as Prophet explained the situation. 

"Leader of the fight? You mentioned hunters and fighters. As a fighter, you are my leader?" he asked and then, realizing how it sounded, corrected himself - "After our true leader."

He had assumed Prophet was not the highest alpha in the pack. It made little sense for him to be out wandering if he was holding down a territory as its ruler. His old leader had never set foot outside of the border as long as Ratio had lived among them. To have met Prophet so far from this place...it made sense. The rationality didn't lessen his disappointment, however.