Seems just like yesterday

The girl was not impressed that her mother had called her away from the meeting when it had finished - she'd wanted to join in the talk and excited chatter with her packmates. She wasn't normally one for big gatherings, but this was different. Talis was going to do something they hadn't done before, and it would be a chance for all of them to prove themselves. She for one was ready to bound forward in life, having been cooped up and sick for too long. She had a lot to prove, and a lot of work to do, and she didn't want her parents smothering her ambitions. Dragon had said she could go, and he was the Alpha. As far as she was concerned, that was good enough for her - Esarosa would just have to let her go, and there was no stopping her. She caught up to her mother and faced her emerald gaze with a steeled look of her own, determined not to be hindered by anything. As soon as her mother started speaking, the girl shook her head, locking eyes with Esa.

"When are you going to stop treating me like a kid?" Sterling grouched, her paw stamping the ground, "Dragon asked for volunteers, and I'm going to go. This is my first chance to make something of myself, and prove myself to this pack. I stepped up, and I'm not going back on it just because you don't think it's a good idea!" Though she felt a flicker of guilt welling up inside her chest, she refused to let it sway her decision, smothering that feeling before it could grow and change anything. "So why did you bring me here, anyways?" she demanded, choosing to remain on all fours instead of seating herself. She wasn't about to get comfortable; she just wanted to know why Esa had insisted on dragging her over this way, and why she seemed to have invited her father and the other brute who was supposed to come with her on this excursion. Why was she making such a big deal out of this?