Satu could help but shift restlessly from paw to paw as more wolves showed up at the meeting. She was feeling more and more like she should be back out in the world, making sure her siblings and friends were all right, rather than here listening to wolves she hardly even knew making small talk while they waited for the meeting to begin.
Then the meeting did begin, finally, but it didn't make Satu feel any less restless. Song was assigning new ranks. Dhiren and Canta - the only two of Song's children she knew - each were given a rank, and she sent each an encouraging grin. Howl was offered a rank, and Aria, a woman she'd met only briefly while on the border, was offered the job of Guardian, but surprisingly turned it down because she planned to leave.
Other than some of her family members getting ranks, it really had nothing to do with Satu. She couldn't help it; she was bored, though she dutifully kept it hidden as she sat straight and kept her eyes trained on Song. Her mind was wandering, though, her thoughts winging over Alacratia as her imagination set out on the journey her feet couldn't begin quite yet.
