Hold the Torch Together [Gwenevere]
08-14-2018, 11:49 AM
Gwen just nodded and smiled. She was a firm believer in unorthodox fighting methods, as Regulus would well know from her training sessions held in mud and snow and all sorts of crazy conditions, but it was still a pleasure to know that he'd indicated his faith in her ingenuity.
"I don't know much about how Valhalla was run," she did say. "I was, of course, born in Serecia where my parents ruled, rather than in Valhalla. While I don't agree with a few decisions my grandfather made, my mother held him in high esteem and made certain we knew that there was much to be proud of him, and Valhalla, for. That would be a good time to emulate, certainly."
She was a little surprised at the idea of doing away with the practice of assigning mentors, though. She tilted her head thoughtfully. "It might make it a lot easier for a group of pups to miss out on training, if no one happened to take an interest in them, or their parents kept them too sheltered from the rest of the pack. But with the rest leaders in place for the different specialties, you're right, it could make sure the pups end up with mentors they're more comfortable working with."
"When you're comfortable making contact with the other alphas to renew our ties with allies and the like," she asked as a thought occurred to her, "would you prefer that I do the initial visits or would you rather do them yourself and have me run the pack for a bit in your absence? Both plans have their pros and cons," she added. "If you visit it would establish you immediately as the alpha in your own right and set a solid precedent with the other alphas, though your youth may count against you and put us at a small risk if they think your inexperience makes us a target. But if I go, while my age and, as you say, level-headedness might impress some, it might also make you look less confident and, again, make us a target." She smiled wryly. "Politics can be a very thorny game to play. There are a lot of 'what ifs' to look at."
"I don't know much about how Valhalla was run," she did say. "I was, of course, born in Serecia where my parents ruled, rather than in Valhalla. While I don't agree with a few decisions my grandfather made, my mother held him in high esteem and made certain we knew that there was much to be proud of him, and Valhalla, for. That would be a good time to emulate, certainly."
She was a little surprised at the idea of doing away with the practice of assigning mentors, though. She tilted her head thoughtfully. "It might make it a lot easier for a group of pups to miss out on training, if no one happened to take an interest in them, or their parents kept them too sheltered from the rest of the pack. But with the rest leaders in place for the different specialties, you're right, it could make sure the pups end up with mentors they're more comfortable working with."
"When you're comfortable making contact with the other alphas to renew our ties with allies and the like," she asked as a thought occurred to her, "would you prefer that I do the initial visits or would you rather do them yourself and have me run the pack for a bit in your absence? Both plans have their pros and cons," she added. "If you visit it would establish you immediately as the alpha in your own right and set a solid precedent with the other alphas, though your youth may count against you and put us at a small risk if they think your inexperience makes us a target. But if I go, while my age and, as you say, level-headedness might impress some, it might also make you look less confident and, again, make us a target." She smiled wryly. "Politics can be a very thorny game to play. There are a lot of 'what ifs' to look at."
