this is your kingdom; this is your crown

The pups were old enough to go outside now! Avantika was thrilled beyond belief. She could meet them, talk to them, and especially -- though there was no pressure to learn everything instantly -- teach them everything she knew. While she would love all of the kiddos unconditionally, she did hope that at least a few of the litter would want to follow in her path of fighting and physically defending the pack against threats. It was always a necessary task; though Avantika wasn't ever going anywhere, anything could happen whether she wanted it to or not. There could be another raid and she could be away and... and...

Avantika was not going to let her thoughts go down that path today. It was sunny and nice and she was in the courtyard, waiting to see if any of the pups wanted to play a little training game with her. Maybe she could even have them spar if they wanted and were ready to. But if they didn't, that was alright, too. Avantika didn't want to push them too much since they were basically only babies still. There would be plenty of time for hard training later if one showed special interest in it and agreed to the work.

"Speech"