Get Along There

The girl showed some concern at his warning, her expression making it clear she was giving it real thought. Good. That's what he wanted, for wolves to understand what they could potentially be getting themselves into. He nodded slowly as she spoke. "It isn't so bad as it sounds," he did assure her. "I am not an evil man, and I have no interest in having evil within my pack. But there are many moral ambiguities that not everyone will agree with, and I have no wish to put anyone into a position where they joined us believing we were something we are not, only to find out later when a pack member sells weapons to an evil pack, or recreational drugs, or something of the sort. No one wins in a situation such as that." He sighed. "You can rest easily knowing that I will do only what is best for Niente and the wolves in it. What is best for the pack is certainly not going to be killing for pleasure, or rape, or..." He shook his head. Violence had its place, and he could be as coldblooded as any, but he couldn't abide the inelegance and... ham-fisted approach to it that others took pleasure in. "I will not tolerate those behaviors in my wolves."

He tilted his head slightly, studying her. "If you are still interested in being a part of our pack, I could see to settling you in with the healers. I'm afraid," he added somewhat apologetically, "that I am still at a loss as to how to test my healers' knowledge, since I am certainly no healer myself, so I have no fully accepted journeyman healers to complete your testing if that is the rank you want. I believe I will be testing everyone interested in a full rank at once for ease, once I decide on a method."