‘I don’t follow entirely,’ said one of the older women. ‘We make sure to include your packs in our thinking, our planning. You are members of our Storting. What sort of things do you mean that don’t always suit you?’
‘Some large things, some small things,’ said Callan calmly. He was not surprised to be met with this lack of insight. ‘Every hunting is shared, but tribesfolk eat first, even if our cubs hunger. Ah! I do not say this is wrong,’ he said as a protest arose. ‘No doubt it is right to feed your own first, in your way of thinking. It is merely one of the complications of our partnership.’
‘And guarding,’ interrupted Waleen. ‘We are good at guarding, so we are always on guard. We do not always have a tribesman to watch with us.’
‘And sleeping,’ said Callan. ‘Or not sleeping! Human
