Duskfire Glacier honkarr

we defend, he said, voice even, certain. darukaal has no need to conquer. the land is harsh enough without making enemies of those who might keep to themselves.
his eyes flickered past tuhin, out toward the ice, the treeline, the unseen forces that lingered beyond.
but if war comes to us, we will not kneel.
a pause, a slow exhale through his nose.
learn what you can. but we do not move unless we must.
he glanced back at tuhin then, a flicker of something unreadable in his gaze.
we are not wolves who fight without reason.