***[POV: Kyrie "Come Try It" Voss]***
"Here's what I want you to understand. If we allow the Duskpaw to set this precedent - that hiring rogues to act in other territories, then beginning open conflicts after the fact is a door that can never be closed."
I gestured to the space around us, to the pack members of mine and his listening lazily in the stands, seriously at the edge, and fearfully from the shadows. In free mix of human and wolf form in this safe space.
"I have resources, Alpha Ashford. Significant. Resources. If some single Duskpaw can hire rogues to operate in my territory on nothing but promises alone, what's to stop me from hiring them to operate the same way. In their territory… or yours for that matter?"
"You wouldn't. That's not the escalation that is-"
"Respectfully, shut up. You were called here to listen to my side, not to argue."
