Firestone Hot Springs Battered but not Broken

A soft smiles touches her lips as she says, "The only thing you owe me is that duel. You don't need to repay me for helping you. I would do that for any wolf who was treated with such unfairness and hostility. It's in my nature to defend and protect those in need of it," Rain explains seriously. "There was no respect or honor in what they were doing to you. Though I am normally against involving myself with the affairs of other packs, I also expect that all packs will treat their wolves well. Ankyra Sound is far different than any pack that I have met both here in the wilds and beyond it."

Rain thinks about the attack for a moment, realising that she didn't necessarily involve herself with Ankyra because Nishu only makes these contracts of his with wolves. He isn't really one of them, she tells herself, feeling a little less conflicted.

"Okay," she starts suddenly, "if you won't join my pack because it goes against being a Knight, then how about you make a contract with me," she smirks a little. "Since you feel the need to repay me, then you can pay me back by protecting me if Ankyra finds out we are still alive and do end up coming after us. Second, I have a sister, Ryuu, who has been missing for a long while and I need help finding her." Rain gives him a look, daring him to argue. This may keep him with her for a while if he accepts, which she won't understand if he does not. She believes it to be a great opportunity for him to show part of what being a Knight means. "And if that is not enough," Rain adds, "then I would ask you to keep me alive until I find my sister. She is the last of my kin and of my old pack who may still be alive."