Firefly Glen [PHE] sweet grain

He always forgot Chickadee was a year his junior, mature as she was for her age. She had been just a child during the events described, and so he made a noise of apology and began to go mentally back, trying to sort through it all. He was pretty young himself when it had all gone down.

Some sort of conflict, Killer started off, a bit vague. Oh, Mereo was a pack in the mountains—very warlike. We trained to be soldiers. And they had an alliance with Akashingo—that's what I mean by politics, he added. Akashingo has a lot of connections and allies. They're also a kingdom, so there's always things happening as far as, you know, who's in power and all that.

Again. . .a little beyond his scope. He preferred the simplicity of traditional wolf hierarchy, where you always knew where you stood. Intriguing as the palace had been, he did not much yearn to return.

I'm sure they've got some juicy stuff happening even now, he added, chuckling.