Ocean's Breath Plateau Up Here Looking Down Below

'Only if it should suit you'. The words held in Howl's mind. The statement presented two ideas. The first was that there was room within the pack, that if he wanted to he could join. The second was that unlike other times when he had been approached by a pack wolf while he was alone, he wasn't being asked to join. It wasn't that this male's pack needed new members desperately and was out seeking others to join their ranks. It was a matter of fact thing. Allowing Howl to not feel pressure as to how his decision would affect the welfare of the pack.

The grouping together of wolves into a pack was pretty standard throughout the Wilds, but each had a different culture and code of ethics that made each of them unique. These would be the things that would say if Howl belonged or not.  "Perhaps it might."  he responed. "What is it that I would need to know about your pack? What do you all stand by?" he asked wanting to know the general culture of the pack.