"You fool wretch!" he dealt her a deft blow with his paw. "Taunina had a pup today. Now we have another mouth to feed, and no way to feed him."

 "Then leave the cringing thing behind." Magan's callous sense appealed to Okar, ruthless as he was.

 "For once you speak some sense." Okar turned his back on his still enraged son and gave orders to break camp.