Just A Million Little Gods

Atka trailed after Skadi as they came upon an area strongly marked with scent warnings. Atka, who'd never left the range she had grown up in, didn't recognize a pack's border from experience, but she could guess pretty easily that avoiding the group who had marked it as their own would be a wise decision. But Skadi continued onward and so Atka would follow, though her black-marked ears worked constantly and her steps were cautious. A group appeared before them, and Skadi seemed to show no hesitation before approaching them. She told the other wolves that they were looking to join (they were?) and referred to Atka as her apprentice (what was that?) but though she didn't understand why they would join this group, if Skadi wanted to Atka had no choice but to obey. While Skadi was speaking Atka quietly studied the others gathered. She didn't speak, didn't bother to... it wasn't her place to. But she observed, and filed a way all her observations to examine later, when she was alone.

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