Hoshor Plains tinnun ⊹

Mountainwoman knew this well; it resonated within her bones and was the reason she found herself here instead of back home, in the mountains of her birth. Her father and then her brother had brought up many suitors for her and her sister, and she'd watched her sister struggle to raise her litter alone as the man did nothing for his family. 

Meylodi did not claim that man as kin.

At the same time, she now had a husband, and pups - and more on the way.

Aye, she spoke up. Ain't no man t'at not be wor'hy o' a woman be needin' ta meek one a mo'er. Dat fer ta woman ta decide - an' ain't none o' us got ta same standerds. We know w'at we wan' in a husband, an' ta best we can do be teach aur dau'hers w'at makes dere fa'hers good fer t'ere mo'er. An' teach aur sons 'ow to treat a la'y.