something new awaits

Avantika hoped that Audra didn't have any plans of running away together. While that would be fun, she had her vows and her duty to serve her pack. They were the most important thing to her. She hoped nothing would ever complicate that devotion.

'I-is sparring the o-only thing you like to do for e-entertainment?' Avantika had to think about that one for longer than she thought was probably good. She got more and more nervous the more she racked her brain. She loved training and sparring. She'd built her life around being good at them. But she had to wonder what she'd given up for them. She didn't have many hobbies; all she did was work and train. But it was good to be skilled, right? "I--I don't really know," she confessed. "I've been a bit of a workaholic. But, you know, I'm always open to new things, so--so what do you like to do?"

"Speech"