Redtail Rise bloodsnow

She sensed his continued thoughtfulness and normally would have let it pass unheeded.  She was not one to concern herself with the business of others.

But this was also pack business.  And it was something she didn’t understand.  There were a few things she failed to grasp within her peers - even Masque, the one she felt closest to of all of them. Some shared sense she felt lacking.

Why?  As she asked this she turned on him, plainly addressing the wounds he carried.  What had he thought was worth this?

She despised the feeling of words as they dropped from her tongue, rolling softly into the air between them to fall like stones.  But this understanding would perhaps be worth the discomfort.