after all [Ashmedai]

The woman took time to consider Ashmedai's thought of a traveling pack, eventually deciding that she would, in fact join it. She brought up an interesting topic of elders. For that matter, what would pups do? Pups would have to be planned or... something so they wouldn't hold up the pack. Unless the pack wanted to carry pups or settle down till they could roam too, but then if someone had pups every season they wouldn't be much of a nomadic pack, now would they?

Oh, so she wasn't from the south, but from the east. Ash thought of his travels, but he probably didn't go far east enough, or maybe her pack didn't exist anymore.

Lirika said she would want to meet Katja. Ashmedai's tail wagged in response, "Yeah, I wonder what they're all up to. I had a cousin in that pack too, but I guess either they moved on or the pack dissolved. It seems so strange though..." Ashmedai never understood how such strong packs crumbled. The weaker ones (in Ashmedai's opinion) were still around, so why not those two?

"What ever happened to your home pack?" Ashmedai asked cautiously, trying not to step on any nerves.