Go wild!

Desponia supposed it was probably time she let the pups start wandering. She was certainly eager to get some more breathing room. The woman did not wait for them to wake, neither did she gently coax them out of sleep. Instead she simply got up and seated herself just outside the den, letting the warmth of the spring sun wash over her and listening and waiting for a sign one or more of them were starting to stir. It didn't take long, with her warmth gone it was hardly a surprise one of the bigger pups would wake. One of her two biggest rousing. Odierne. Glancing back over her shoulder Desponia watched the girl as her head lifted and she looked around. Desponia almost wished she felt something when looking upon her daughter, even annoyance or resentment would have helped her to navigate her new situation. Instead she was simply ambivalent. She cared enough to give them the care they needed but she didn't feel driven to do much more than that. The woman sighed and pushed her conflicted thoughts from her mind, deciding it was her niece's fault for continuing to push to rebuild a connection.

"Wake up you siblings, you can all come outside today." Then she looked back out at the world, feeling a little glad her den was more secluded from the rest of the pack. Hopefully she'd have some time to teach them of her own story before her family could get to them. Better they be prepared to be skeptical before anyone tried to indoctrinate them.


"Speech"