Take that money, watch it burn
05-14-2014, 11:15 PM
Again her father would speak, filling her mind with all sorts of swirling, provoking thoughts. Of course he was right, every word he spoke rang with truth. She wanted so desperately to believe that happiness played some real role in life, and maybe it did somehow, but Isardis was right. Survival was what was most important. She realized that she perhaps had taken the fact that her father had kept this pack intact despite the fact that he had been seriously ill for granted. These lessons she bestowed upon her now, these words of cold, harsh wisdom, racked her bones, cracked her simple view of what she should be doing for Glaciem. For just a moment she doubted herself, doubted her views of the world, but she would quickly gather herself, putting the pieces of herself back together in a stronger shape. She tucked away that softness that she would save for her brothers in private deep down inside of her, desperately grasping at the views that Isardis was sharing with her. She suddenly felt frighteningly young. Around all of the clueless, young wolves that made up the majority of the pack Athena felt superior. She felt like she knew more that most of them, and maybe she did, but her father clearly was a vast sea of what the world really was compared to her own views. She soaked up everything that he said like a sponge, absolutely riveted to every word. She wouldn't speak, not daring to interrupt him while he gave her all of the information she would have never thought that he would give her. A small fire of hope still burned deep in her, his words of the harsh world they live in becoming a steely armor around her bones. Once again he would question her, posing a question of how she would act should someone cross their borders. This time she wouldn't have to think nearly as long. It seemed obvious to her what should be done. "Protect the pups, at all costs if necessary. Whether they are actually blood relatives or not, those pups are part of my pack and therefore are as much my family as any. Anyone that is so unwise as to cross our borders shouldn't deserve mercy." If it was one thing that Athena understood, it was family and pack loyalty. She would go down fighting to protect her family if that's what it came down to. Speech Thought Others |
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