04-06-2010, 04:45 PM
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Tokyo couldn't help but see Conor as a placeholder. He was leader for now, yes. But she believed very firmly that when King was done growing up, he would take the position from his older half-brother. Conor had fought of Haku, yes. He had won the respect and assistance of at least a few members of the pack (though one of those was now dead). But King.. King had power, and strength, and potential. Conor had nothing on King. But it was okay for now. Conor could be the surrogate leader for now, it didn't matter, King still had to learn and grow and win the hearts of the pack. It would happen. Her child had the blood of leadership, had had the attentions of Haku while young. King was constantly impressing his mother with his capability, with his sharp intelligence. He even saw things that she missed, sometimes, but instead of being annoyed she was just proud, proud to have participated in any part with his creation.
The idea of new ranks seemed a bit stupid to her. That wasn't enough of a change to affect anything. It was a token effort, an action taken simply so that it can be said that an action was being taken. Haku's influence still lay on the land, in more subversive ways than vocabulary. Words were just words, he hadn't done anything in particular to taint the old system. Anyway, she liked her co-rank, and the fact that she was able to stick to minimal work while still climbing hierarchy-wise. These new ranks might very well have jobs tied to them explicitly, and that would suck. Oh well, she was sure she could get away with shirking duties; she had been doing so successfully for almost a year, now. Things seemed to change, but so often really just stayed the same.
Tokyo couldn't help but see Conor as a placeholder. He was leader for now, yes. But she believed very firmly that when King was done growing up, he would take the position from his older half-brother. Conor had fought of Haku, yes. He had won the respect and assistance of at least a few members of the pack (though one of those was now dead). But King.. King had power, and strength, and potential. Conor had nothing on King. But it was okay for now. Conor could be the surrogate leader for now, it didn't matter, King still had to learn and grow and win the hearts of the pack. It would happen. Her child had the blood of leadership, had had the attentions of Haku while young. King was constantly impressing his mother with his capability, with his sharp intelligence. He even saw things that she missed, sometimes, but instead of being annoyed she was just proud, proud to have participated in any part with his creation.
The idea of new ranks seemed a bit stupid to her. That wasn't enough of a change to affect anything. It was a token effort, an action taken simply so that it can be said that an action was being taken. Haku's influence still lay on the land, in more subversive ways than vocabulary. Words were just words, he hadn't done anything in particular to taint the old system. Anyway, she liked her co-rank, and the fact that she was able to stick to minimal work while still climbing hierarchy-wise. These new ranks might very well have jobs tied to them explicitly, and that would suck. Oh well, she was sure she could get away with shirking duties; she had been doing so successfully for almost a year, now. Things seemed to change, but so often really just stayed the same.