Under One Sky (tag young Tortugans)

It wasn't long before the first young pack member showed up - Ritsuka, the young man who was the only pack member she'd spoken to since she joined. It was hardly surprising to see him there, since at their last meeting he'd spoken of pack bonds and how they may as well be rogues for all the time they spent together. He was right, so very right, and Qanik was starting to fear that without some guidance, this pack would just drift apart, dissolve like her family's pack had once her father died.

She nodded at him, a short nod of greeting. "I do hope it will," she acknowledged.

Before she could say more, the underbrush rustled again and parted to reveal young Gossamir, the yearling who had joined the same time as she and Ritsuka. Barring their alpha, these two were the only two pack members she had ever had the pleasure of meeting.

An involuntary smile tugged at her muzzle at Gossamir's eccentric greeting. "Hello, Gossamir." But the smile faded as it became clear that the two were the only ones coming. "Please don't be offended, but I must admit I'm a little... disappointed. I was hoping to convince our absent packmates to bestir themselves."

A soft sigh, and she shook her head sadly. "Well, little we can do about that, is there? I called you here for a reason, my friends. Tortuga is a sleeping turtle, one that I intend to awaken. We are the smallest pack, the one with the least cohesion. Without the skills of warriors, the hunters, without learning to work together as a pack and a family, this pack will be rolled beneath the claws and teeth of the larger packs." She passed a very serious look between the two younger wolves. "I have no intention of allowing that to happen, now just as I've found it."

Her blue eyes swept over the land around them. "I was hoping to begin regular practice for the young wolves of Tortuga. Hunting, sparring - these things will be important for every member to know in a pack as small as ours." Her gaze went back to the other Tortugans and she smiled again, a wry smile. "It seems I underestimated the apathy. Well, there is the three of us, at least. Would you be interested in this endeavor, my young friends?"



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