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Of course she worried for her son, it was impossible not to. But she could not focus on Gotham's predicament and let her fears get the best of her. There was too much else to think about. Too many other things that needed her attention. Her crippling grief of losing Denali had taught her a vital lesson: she could not be brought low by the fate of one child when others still needed her.
Her friend's smile showed that she had chosen the right thing to share. Some may have thought that them harboring the Utina family was the cause of all of this, and perhaps that had been the catalyst, but Savina made no mistake in thinking that with someone such as Maska war would have come sooner or later. It was the tribe's tyrannical leader that had started this conflict, not the Utinas. "Of course."
The mood changed again just as quickly as it had briefly lightened. When Anu spoke, the Consul knew her words were right, but the solutions were not so easily found. The weariness that had been weighing down on her for weeks descended over her and she suddenly looked a much older wolf than she, in reality, was. "I know. But there are so few of us who can." Savina did not want to force any of her members to fight, but they also could not sit here idly waiting for the next hammer blow to drop. It was an impasse she had been struggling with for some time.
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