Ankyra Sound totem

He immediately took responsibility for his lack of farewell, though his phrasing confused her. Her ears pinned backward as Treepie’s face contorted.

That doesn’t make any sense, she told him brusquely, then realized maybe she’d just misunderstood what he meant. Ashamed of what?

She refused to answer his question until he’d answered hers, though part of Tiuttuk wanted to point out that she was here in part because of him and those like him: wolves who’d just walked out on Moonspear for one reason or another, leaving it to crumble into dust.