Swiftcurrent Creek Crystallize [joining]

Ah, yes. A question he did not expect, but one that surely was understandable. After all, if he had left his previous pack, what was to stop him leaving here? Honestly not much, for if Kaede did not fit within the pack or form some sort of home here, he did intend to be gone with the spring. But if that were the case, he assumed they would be glad to have him gone, for it would mean he did not have a place among them.

"My last pack was the one I was born to, and while I love my parents and siblings, I needed to... Branch out." He had paused, the common tongue still somewhat unwieldy to him. He had been taught both since birth, but had spoken more of the language of his heritage. His father's preference. Hopefully the answer would satisfy, for most could understand the desire to leave the nest and find ones own way in the world.