Redtail Rise my tongue is an axe, and a sword

lilia spun an image that did not vibe with ancelin's sense of self. "why would she do that? i'm blood. our kids are blood to hers, whether or not she likes it."
he could see she was stressed and afraid; he smoothed her forehead with his muzzle. "we won't do this. we won't be this. i don't want to wait for them to tell us to leave, lilia." that would humiliate him in a way that felt insurmountable. 
best to leave on their own terms. ancelin had no final stand to make; his blood had failed him over and over. she was home now.
but he let out his breath next. "i'm not scared of them. let them have this place, leelee. augur can figure out what he'll do next. you know ill stand with you though," much as he wanted to piss on their den and then depart this very second.