"I want to take a shower - you can take one too if you want - and do more research, which is mostly reading. You can rest, unless you prefer something else?"

"No, it's fine. I still sleep. Enjoy your reading." 

Fernanda tentatively smiles. And after doing the dishes she and Felicia research together in the library.

Scott looks for Katur.

Katur is here in this office, reading spreadsheets.

"Oh? Ah, hi Scott, can I help you with anything?"

"I was wondering if you could tell me about you and Fernanda." 

"Well, I should've expected that... What do you want to know exactly?"

"Just tell me how you two get along. What do you...like about her?"

"I like that she is smart, hard-working, altruistic, can see past what society sees and capable to recognize problems. And she wants to solve them all." Katur says at once, fondly.

"You really care about her, and respect her. I'm glad she has someone like you." 

Katur beams. "Thank you, I try to be good enough for both of them. Anyway, I'm not sure if there is an... easy cheat for you to get along with her? I mean, I think she wants to understand imprinting better before anything else."

"I get it. Imprinting can be intense for someone who isn't ready."

Nod. "Wait you mean that about yourself or about Fernanda?"

"Both. It's- I've never felt like this about anyone before, and I can't imagine putting that kind of responsibility on her, but I can't not."

"Oh... Fernanda is rather emotionally resilient, if she wants to understand imprinting better is mostly she wanting to do right by you."

"I just want everyone to be happy." 

"So you two have something important that is compatible."

"It's good, that it was her. Everything she wants to do- I would always have supported her."

"That is entirely the right attitude. Do you think the rest of your tribe will be as supportive?"

"They have to be. A wolf can't choose pack over imprint." 

"At least they're lucky that you imprinted own her."

"They're lucky, I'm lucky...I hope I can help her, with the magic. I want to be a good thing for you guys, too." 

Katur smiles.

His smiles falters.

"What your pack will of... Well, they will like Felicia, really the only question is what they will think of me?"

"They'll...it'll bother them. But it's not their business, and I can just explain how it works." 

Katur shifts uncomfortably.

"I know it looks like I'm taking advantage of them even if you don't know Elan's history. But I would never do that and I would never stop them from leaving."