The elf looked at the wolfgirl.  "You can't!  What you have sounds like an incredibly important job, I can't imagine being the reason someone else has to leave their family..."  She went quiet.  "Kanae, promise me.  Promise me that if the tribe doesn't want me you won't leave them.  You live outside Seattle, and I'm still welcome at Council Island...you can visit me there, even if it's every day.  Being the Wolf Shaman doesn't have that many responsibilities, right?"