Big. Damn. Hero's sir.
Canni
06-10-2019, 04:46 PM
Cannival Cannival listened carefully as the alpha spoke. It was likely a figment of her imagination, but Shaye seemed to be trying awfully hard to get her to stay. Her reason was so clearly said in her words. Her pack was about to come into hard times, Cannival had no idea as to the injuries the wolves sustained but if Shaye was so worried, there must be many members temporarily out of commission. The question though, was whether she wanted Cannival around because she had proven herself to be a member of the Abaven family and that it was what was best for her, or if what Shaye spoke was true and she did not want to lose the lioness who could help them through the sparse hunting season. It made sense, at least. Wolves needed to hunt in packs to take down big game, whereas Cannival had taken down many large herbivores alone. Suddenly, the lioness felt very used. "Your hunters, they're injured then?" She tried to keep her whisper nonchalant, looking up to meet Shaye's gaze for any sign of manipulation. "I eat more then a wolf does, doesn't that concern you when you consider your dwindling supply of prey? Is it really worth it to you to keep me here when I can hunt just enough to keep myself fed?" Cannival did not mention that her own leg was still injured. She felt the shock within her bone each time she moved, but did her best to hide it. It went unnoticed easily, as she didn't get many visitors. It was easy to suffer in silence for most of her day, and when Motif came to see her she barely could feel the pain beneath the pup's infectious grin. It had occurred to her that if she decided to leave, Motif may try to follow. She had though long and hard about how to convince her to stay, but short of scaring the pup she had come up with no solution. Shaye seemed too busy to keep a watchful eye on her children, and even if she kept her locked away in a den somewhere the day Cannival chose to leave, that didn't mean that Motif wouldn't come looking for her when the opportunity arose- which it eventually, of course, would. |