Moonlight Stroll (Joining Thread)

She was pleased with the male's answer, albeit verbose -- and a sliver of her satisfaction seemed to gleam in her shrewd yellow gaze. There was no hint of disgust or disdain in his tone as he spoke - and Caiaphas could not, for the life of her, extricate any sort of outward attachment or opinion from the male's speech.

"Exactly." She glanced him over -- the sleek of his white fur and the tufts of black along his ears; even his grey eyes seemed consumed by unyielding kindness. They were very unlike and it showed; she clicked her tongue and her raptor-like muzzle wrinkled into a frown. "If you wish to join, you will only ever be a serf here -- you will still have some semblance of your free will but the women will always come first and the Sisters will punish you rightly at any sign of insubordination. There is no ascension for males in this clan -- only honor." It was true males could inhabit a higher echelon of the male hierarchy, but they would never rank among a female.

She canted her muzzle to the side and spoke again. "Is this still something you wish, Tobias? There will be no secrets here." She, as far from just-hearted as she was, was willing to let the male turn and run if he was so inclined to it. It was a hard life for any wolf, no matter how kind -- and she would rather have a wolf born into the pack and subservient than a male culled from the wild to serve their needs and purposes.