Ankyra Sound schadenfreude

In so few movements, she showed her recognition of the name, and he almost believed that she enjoyed it. When she answered with her name, he very nearly thought she had repeated the name of the pack, but after a split-second, he realized some of the syllables were not quite the same. It seemed whoever her parents were thought quite highly of her if they named her after the pack (or vice versa, although Kaertok believed she had been born and raised here).

Very, he replied, although what he was interested in was left up to her to judge. In either case, he didn't much like the idea of leaving anytime soon. My name is Kaertok, he added, since the exchange seemed fair enough and his questions had been answered.