you're just the best i ever had

[Anselm de le Poer]

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-- There would always be a struggle between obedience and free-thinking, he imagined. A pack was something that demanded some level of conformity to function, or else there would only be anarchy. At the same time, blind faith could lead everyone right off of a cliff. Maybe in some ways it was better that the members of Inferni felt welcome to come and go as they pleased; it conveyed that they wanted to be here (or else they wouldn't have returned), and it also demonstrated that they were all individuals coming together. They could think for themselves, yet they served a common purpose. At her request he smiled and his tail swung slightly behind him; being a part of this massive family was still new and exciting. "Sure, we can find some shade or even some water to go swimming, if you'd like," he offered, content to let her decide. She had just gotten back home, after all--maybe there were some places she was more eager to check out than others. Maybe they'd even run into Gabriel along the way. Regardless, he'd get back to his border duties later.

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