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Pied had to admit, she felt a measure of relief when Hawkeye said she might not go after Jinx, after all. More trouble than it's worth, she concurred in her head, though she didn't say so aloud. She opened her lips to say something else, however, when Hawkeye cut across her with a question that stopped her short.

"I... I didn't realize you wanted me to ask permission to leave the lands. I made a point of returning within a few hours." Pied felt her skin prickling unpleasantly. She felt like a scolded puppy. Worse, she felt a strange sense of entrapment implied by Hawkeye's question. Although wary of testing the Alpha's patience, Pied said slowly, "I'll be sure to mention it to somebody before I go outside the pack lands next time..." She then waited to see whether Hawkeye would try to forbid her from leaving without her (Hawkeye's) express permission...