Moonspear phalanx

Their numbers didn’t offer much safety, though Treepie didn’t repeat herself. Besides, did a wolf of his size require much protection? Her eyes drifted from his stony face downward, then back up in an assessing sweep. She was impressed and it showed on her face. He had more to offer the village than it did him.

She went still at his question, though lightning struck behind her eyes. She doubted Alaric would mind if she stepped up to the plate after all. Treepie wasn’t just a placeholder, here to keep Sialuk’s ulaq warm. She was also her mother’s heir. This mountain rightfully belonged to her, especially now that she’d proved her apodictic loyalty.

I think anaang would welcome you, so I will do the same. You should find Alaric, though, as he’s the one in charge, Pie said, perhaps a little enigmatically. Will you make a point to seek him out? And after that, we could use more border patrols. There will be plenty to keep you busy every day, she concluded, tacking on a quiet repetition of his name, as if committing it to memory, Glaukos.