Triple Shit Infinity

The young woman listened as Rhythm opened up slightly, ears perking at the hesitation. There was something there in that hesitation. After the return of her mother and brother, she was well familiar with the attempt to put on a brighter face. Even before then, after they’d been taken. Her father had put forth her stronger, easy natured mask, but it hadn’t been hard to tell that he ached inside.

It was much the same, now, but even worse. Aurielle’s eyes dropped to the ground at her paws, lips pulling into a tight grimace, rather glad the older wolf wouldn’t see the expression. Finally, she answered, “My father tells me stories, passed down from my great grandmother Erani, about the days of Valhalla. It was among the most powerful under Cairo’s leadership, back in the old lands. His daughter Chrysanthe was as good and just a leader as he was. The pack saw war, peace… But eventually it fell to a member of Isardis Armada’s pack, challenging for it. My great grandmother took over and lifted it again from the ashes and brought everyone back together that she could. I hope to help my own pack rise to such strengths again, and to build alliances and relations with other packs. It’s… sometimes hard, though, to see the path through everything, lately.”

She trailed off into a soft sigh. She had many hopes for the future of her pack and her people. And she was terrified that she very well might fail in bringing her pack back into that very strength its ancestors had seen under leaders of the past.

“I spent most of my pup-hood after maybe half a year without my mother or twin. Now they’re home, but I feel like I can’t help them get out of the shell they’ve retreated into from their ordeal. And if I can’t help them heal, how am I ever going to help my people and my pack rise to what they can truly be?”

And in her voice, there was that utter terror and loss. For the most part, her path was clear as far as planning the new changes and ranks and new customs. But there were obstacles that snuck up at every other step that tripped her up.

Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think