Redtail Rise the colloquy of monos and una

a loud, harsh bark was augur's contribution. when red woman came for wolverine, against instinct, he thrust himself forward. not to block, not to attack, but to crowd, crowd against them both with waving tail and low, crooning growls.

peace.

wolverine had earned her place, over and over. red woman was wealda. 

but augur wished an end to this tension. wolverine had no children of her own and thus no blood standing. red woman had been absent from leadership enough for the hierarchy to have shifted, for the scents on the border to no longer proclaim her as ruler here.

it was the purview of adult leaders to chase out younger wolves. but wolverine was not an upstart child, she was active in leadership.

for red woman to not have formally returned yet assert herself as dominant female confused augur, stressed him. he recognized her as rise mother but he was not responsive to her teeth turned upon wolverine, whom he also recognized as leadership.

whines, licks proffered; augur pressed himself against whatever flanks, shoulders, sides presented themselves, eyes slitted and body watchful. by not standing with wolverine he invited her scorn. by not standing with red woman he invited her anger.
augur, perhaps for the first time, did not know what to do.