Katja was silent for a moment as the queen finished her speech. She had already made up her mind what to do, but she hesitated. It seemed like such an important thing as swearing fealty to a pack would be something she should discuss with her sister, but she feared that Au?ra would feel obliged to join her on this risky venture if she knew of it, and it was in her mind that one of them should be free of entanglements. She wasn't certain of her ability to convey that to her norwegian-speaking sibling, though. She would just have to do this now, and ask forgiveness later, if it was required. Freya had given her this chance, and she could not simply set it aside.
Bowing low, right paw stretched out before her and nose down, she spoke in a solemn tone in her native language, "Ich bin Katja Anke Finnvi, Tochter von Anvarr Finnvi, Enkelin des m?chtigen Geirthor. Ich reiste weit, t?tete ich den Sohn des H?uptlings von Asterla im edlen Kampf. Ich ertrug die K?lte von einem zugefrorenen See, eine Gruppe von Wikingern gegen den ber?hmten Lorenscha Stamm erfolgreich zu f?hren." German translation: Translation doesn't really matter, basically she's giving a bit of her lineage and some of her brave deeds in the past, it's part of a viking oath of fealty) Taking a deep breath and marshaling the words in her head so that they would come out clearly, she continued in the Queen's language so that she could understand the import of what Katja spoke. "If you would have it, I do swear I will always fight before you, to always hold my loyalty to you dear to my heart. To follow your laws to the utmost of my ability. To avenge you to my last breath should you fall in battle. To care for your pack as my own until the end of my days or you do release me from my oath. This I do swear, and the Gods shall never have cause to reproach me for breaking of this vow."
She remained bowed low, every inch of her the model of absolute seriousness as she gave this queen Raisa a viking oath. "Freya help me if this is the wrong decision," she preyed in the silence of her own mind. But the feeling in her chest, the instinct she attributed to Freya's guiding hand, told her that she needed to join this pack. If it seemed abrupt to Raisa, well it was. But Katja had long ago learned to follow that instinct and she would do so now.
"Speech"
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