Blacktail Deer Plateau New places,new faces

rhonen brings up the point that it's because he ( rusalka ) is patient. which, the könungr would agree, but he hadn't always been patient. the man he was now was not the man that had washed up on the shore of these wilds a year or so ago.

i don't think you're giving the other wolves of ravensthorpe much credit, rusalka says softly, deep whiskey steeped smoke tenor lilting. i think you'd find many of them are just as patient.

as for his children, well, knowing how unintentionally ( and sometimes intentionally ) cruel children could be, that was a bit of a different story. but rusalka is already making plans to tell them to include rhonen in activities and to not make fun of his speech impediment if he did choose to speak in front of them.

you just need to show them how brave you are. they'll respect that. they'll respect you. i do.