Shadewood no it damn well doesn't

"is it really a takeover? gentle woman, couple kids? c'mon now, red, this ain't no sport." did she want to fight so much? and why didn't he? she was right — he would have bulled iseul right down not long ago.
but red hadn't seen what he had, and nor did he understand what she'd been through. the impasse sickened him but he was determined to roll over it.
"settle a few seasons, leave in early winter or springtime. this pack's the only one i've seen round these parts. we go far enough, could pitch a raid an' come back no one th'wiser."