i look forward to our partnership

Mercury told her that he'd already been teaching Art's pups a few lessons. Avantika nodded, pleased. Good on him for taking the initiative. She'd have to step her own trainings up to make sure he wasn't doing the majority of the work. He then suggested the Warlord's children. That made sense, she thought. She didn't know much about the other Auster packs either, or whether they even had enough pups of their own. It probably wasn't a great idea to pit strange adult wolves against kids, even if they'd go easy on them; it wouldn't be fair to take away warriors from another pack to have them playfight a bunch of children.

"That would be good," Avantika replied to his suggestion that they have a practice run first. "Thanks for all your input." She hesitated for a moment, her tail flicking nervously. She was no good at talking to new people. "But I didn't call you just for business. I want to get to know you, as an individual. When did you join the Hallows?" she asked.

"Speech"