Whitebark Stream Time to get some pistols and a doctor on site

"My mate, Dawn, is our Alpha," came his response to the starry-eyed youth, and he quietly considered his own position in Whitebark's hierarchy. Artyom supposed it was something he was yet to find; he held no ambition to rise up as a co-leader, though he supposed he would accept the role to aid Dawn following Bhediya's disappearance.

He carried on: "we will likely welcome cubs in the Springtime, so I suppose I could be considered a father as well as a hunter." Artyom eyed the girl, his concern resurfacing as he wondered of her own place in the world. "Where is it that you come from, Lumiya?"