Ouroboros Spine like the breaking of glass

This thread is really dated, so I'm going to edit in a conclusion and wrap it up. Feel free to open it back up if you want to continue. 

 

The man was difficult to read, but Lane thought she detected shift in attitude. This was confirmed when he spoke again, admitting to his mistake. He offered an excuse instead of an apology, but Lane had come to expect that kind of thing by now, especially from men. Wolves-- male wolves especially-- could be such touchy, proud creatures. Lane imagined that if she offered to help him with that antler, he would try to tell her that it was actually his intention to stick it in the ground like that, or some other bullshit. 

Her people. Lane wanted to correct him, but she kept quiet. Firefly Glen weren't her people.. she had only intended to stay with them a few days...

Who was she really kidding, at this point? She'd been with the Glen wolves several moons longer than expected-- long enough to survive not one, but two disasters, if you counted the bear attack. Lane might as well consider herself initiated. 

"Well, our leader, Antares... his mother was the leader on the mountain." How was that for a connection? "Kukutux is, uh, also related.." Lane was unsure exactly how. She was Antares's aunt or something, right? "The Moonspear leader was killed by the star--" Lane was unsure if they had actually found a body, but she doubted any more survivors would be cropping up at this point-- "and they mourn her. That's why we're still here. Because family mourns together." Or that was the extent of it to Lane's understanding. 

"And that's all I know." Lane shrugged apologetically. "I'm new, so.." she shrugged again. She wondered if the Glen wolves and the moonwolves begrudged the fact that the random new girl had survived, when so many family-- so many wolves who actually belonged here-- were now gone. Now that was a bitter thought.

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Lane would answer the moonwolf's follow-up questions if he had any more, feeling content in her efforts to ease any remaining tension between Moonglow and the Firefly Glen refugees. If Firefly Glen could continue to clear up any remaining misunderstandings and start pulling their own weight around here, it seemed likely that Moonglow would continue to offer them the support they needed to rebound. 

Once they were finished speaking, Lane would offer her assistance with the antler once more. Whether or not he accepted her help with his task, Lane would ultimately depart from his company with a newfound confidence in her budding ambassador capabilities.