a thousand teeth, and yours among them

The poltroon's wide ears flopped forward in surprise as Cara spoke -- there was no attempt to hide her disbelief in the agouti wolf's statement. This child, alpha? Caiaphas ignored the fact she was scarcely older -- instead, she wriggled her haunches in delight. Things had just gotten interesting.

She remained sitting, though her slender shoulders leaned forwards in anticipation. A sharp trill of laughter pried her triangular jaws open -- and as if slain by the comically absurd statement, Caiaphas brought a twig-like limb to her chest in a gesture of amusement. "Really?" She brought her leg down and leaned forwards, her head tilted preposterously to the side. "I came to the Spine several months ago, after a coup. Mordecai was alpha then. What happened? Surely, you didn't chase him out?" A single eyebrow pressed upwards as she finished her query -- she found the likelihood of the young wolf chasing Mordecai off quite foolish.