only birds can fly

It was a relief when Zee agreed that she would be welcomed here. She fully understood that she was not exactly the most ideal candidate for a pack member... Other than some training in hunting and a dabble of healing knowledge, she didn’t have many tangible skills to offer them. She wasn’t sure how to translate her interest in exploration and navigating these lands into something that could be helpful yet. Luckily Zee seemed to be willing to give her time to think about it to figure out what her place in the pack would be and for that she was grateful. Tamsyn smiled and nodded in understanding and agreement to this statement and let the horned woman continue as she described the need for her to learn how to fight.

Tam could certainly understand why Zee would think this would be a hard thing for her to agree to. In some ways it was. She had never been able to stand up for herself and looking back on her childhood she was pretty sure that was by design. If none of the women knew how to fight then none of them would be able to protect themselves from the men and their wishes. Perhaps she would react differently when she actually tried her hand at fighting for the first time, but her initial response was closer to excitement than fear. ”As long as someone is willing to teach me, then I’ll be willing to learn,” she responded easily. She smiled gently and added, ”I’ll just... need someone with some patience. I’m sure most wolves would expect someone my age to at least have some basic understanding of it, but... I’m basically a pup when it comes to fighting.”

She dipped her head one last time to Zee politely. ”Thank you. Thank you so much. For everything.” She didn’t know what else to say or how to express the mixed swirl of emotions in her chest so she quickly turned to make her way to the dens that had been pointed out to her moments ago. When she found one that she was certain wasn’t being used and hadn’t been for at least a couple of days, she settled down inside and rested her head on her paws. Sleep was a far fetched idea in her mind, but she thought it was best to at least attempt it. Now all she could do was try to process this whirlwind of a day and hope she didn’t regret her sudden decision in the morning.