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His wolf's blood had been longing for a pack for a while before he met up with the Romani, and even if they traveled often, they were something of a pack. The lands they traveled were their own, in as much as the lands belonged to everyone; they could come to the borders of any pack they came across, enter any city, and be met with welcome arms, as they often had the best merchandise to trade along the routes they took; those routes were their own, and they camped in the same spots every time they came around, so that the land was truly familiar, truly their own. It wasn't conventional pack life, but the caravan had been a pack, in its own right.
Much more than the small family he'd lived with before, anyway.
At her question, he let out a startled laugh, choking down a nearly maniacal cackle. "Ah, mercy! No, not like Luperci." He shook his head, and then cast about for some explanation that would make more sense than what he'd said before. "See...You share blood to make Luperci, yes? To make Romani, you share secrets. Little secrets first, to see if they are worth trust, you see? And then share big secrets, and they become Romani. It is...a style of life, as much as heritage. If you become Romani, and are not born Romani, you choose who you are. If you are born Romani, you have background in family--in caravan." He paused, recalling how integrated he could have become into their lifestyles, how much he'd chosen not to do, and then looked at her curiously. "You understand now?"
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