through all the pain and the sorrows

Koda hesitated. He didn't actually have a good explanation for her. He guessed it had to do with the pack not wanting to share it's resources with outsiders, who didn't offer anything in return. "Because, we don't have room for freeloaders," he stated flatly.

Something occurred to Koda just then. "Hey, have you been digging up our caches?" He asked in an accusing tone. He and Osprey had caught a coyote red-handed, but he'd always suspected there might be a second thief.