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Dutifully, her son answers. She is proud of him and can see so much of his father in him. He follows their law and contributes just as any other and is willing to in a foreign land. “Since Heda left, our numbers are few. The land is mild here, compare to home. We do not have close neighbors and there is little hostility. We have spoken of recruiting wolves since Winter is around the corner, even though it is not our custom to bring in outsiders back home. Life is a little different here,” she explains. Outsiders have never been in their favor but they cannot wither away in Heda’s absence and though the few they have are strong, from her understanding, it may not be enough with all the mouths they have to feed.
 
“Blixen is the acting commander in Heda’s absence. She is her daughter. She is young but she has a good head on her shoulders. You should meet her,” she tells her son. “They… they don’t have to know I am your mother, if you don’t want them to,” she adds with sadness in her voice too difficult to hide.