It felt good to get so much off her chest, to make sure that her sister fully understood why she felt the way she did. It was of the utmost importance that Nymeria know none of this was done to take away what she had worked for. She watched her sister’s expression closely as her story unfolded, noting how the further the story went the more understanding she saw dawning in her fiery eyes. It made her glad, justified even in rambling on to know that someone would finally understand what she wasn’t even sure their mother did, if only because she had never told her. As the story came to a close and the topic at head loomed over them both she couldn’t help but notice the doubt and concern which flickered across her Nymeria’s face, but she pressed on; the hope and belief that the two of them were stronger together than apart propelling her forward.

Her words hung heavy in the cool mountain air as Kalseru waited for her sister’s response searching the other’s face for any sign of what might be running through her head. Had she ever considered the possibility? Would she see it as less than what she had worked for her entire life? Yet as a smile began to pull at the corners of her lips Kalseru felt her own doing the same, widening at her sister’s words as the excitement of possibility filled them both. It was like a burden had been lifted from her shoulders, a veritable mountain in its own right, and suddenly Kalseru thought that if she were to leap off this ledge she might could soar with the birds that circled overhead.

Instead however she stood to her feet, long silken tail waving excitedly behind her. She could see it all so easily now, her sisters warrior spirit and her own more restrained and diplomatic approaches intertwined, it would only make Spirane strong. Suddenly she knew it had all been leading to this, every stumble, turn, and rock in their paths had only been helping them to reach the promise of a better future for their pack. Words betrayed her but she stepped forward and wrapped her neck around her sisters, hugging her fiercely as one wolf could another. Her moon-rimmed eyes flicked up toward the heavens, the image of their ancestors who had called these mountains home even before the great meteor reworked Moladion’s surface looking down on them with pride. “There is nothing we cannot do together, Nymeria.” The words were heavy with emotion as she let go and stepped back just enough to give them each comfortable space.