Duck Lake you won't see me fall apart

He was surprised when Vega simply launched into an open explanation of why she was suddenly on her own. But it was masked through curiosity and he listened to her as she laid out the details. Even the storm had affected wolves here too, not that the evidence wasn't scattered around and obvious. "That's rough," he said, splaying his ears briefly. He couldn't have understood their actions though, let alone their reasoning; the story was one-sided and moreover, he had no parental experience to compare it to.

But as for them, he curtailed the reasoning — or would at least try to — but simply stating: "We wanted to settle for ourselves. Have our own pack and all." Whether or not Harlyn would go derailing his attempt to sidestep the question, he couldn't have guessed. Mordecai was just as content to leave the past in the past, not go dredging up everything that could have or was potentially wrong with a prior situation.