Verdigris Ravine This one Waits

Ko'a shrugged, Perhaps. Though this was all that ahe felt was left to say on the conversation. There had been a few that could have potentially been father to her litter, but Ko'a was not filled with so much want for children, that she would wonder far from the riverways and red arches of home for it. She was young yet still and already there would be many mouthes to feed. Next year, Candle and S'ari children would be grown. More able bodies providing more food and more protection. 

Of course not! The coywolf then ensured her cousin. This one is so happy you made it through... and look at Tribe now! She gives a deep, toothy grin. This one will be a good mother. Ko'a rests one paw over her cousin's. And this one will learn from her, for next year. She decides.