Moonspear it's real quiet here

He seemed open to hearing her question. Treepie flashed him a grateful smile.

You mentioned you wanted Kinusi to lead the pack—Dawnspear—with you. I was wondering… She hesitated, though only for a beat, reminding him, Remember, you don’t have to answer this if you don’t want to. But I was wondering if you two are romantically involved?

It would probably seem like it came out of nowhere. It sort of did. But if they were destined to become pack mates and fellow villagers, that meant this acquaintance would become a proper friendship. And though Pie didn’t necessarily have any designs on anything more than that—though it was intriguing thought—she already trusted Katmai with “her” mountain.

Perhaps, in time, she could trust him with something even more important to her.