Zeke shook out his fur and lowered his head while he trotted along taking in scents from the ground, "Ebony is right I should keep my senses sharp well at least not forget the animals from a territory." he gave a slight laugh. his eyes focused on a more thoughtful thing. he glanced over to Flame and spoke quickly. "I think we should slow down the pace a bit I noticed in the back some of the wolves seemed to have a hard time keeping up. Mainly elders but some of the young seem to be struggling and Ebony and the others assisting with those wolves may feel better at less of a trot for a while." he looked ahead of him, "Besides the scouts haven't reported anything strange yet so slowing down shouldn't be an issue." he spotted a scout heading in his direction his ears perked up and he shook his head. "Maybe I spoke to soon."
After listening to the scout and it taking off in the direction of the scouts at the lead Zeke perked his ears then pulled them back thinking about this. he looked at Flame and spoke after a moment. "We should probably check it out and be sure that wolf isn't one of ours but we also shouldn't go with the entire pack." his ears flattened as the thought about it. "I think we should split up the pack some of us will go further around so our scent doesn't draw the sabers; that group should be pups, elders, pregnant mothers and a few hunters and warriors that were left behind, Our other group should be only a few wolves. since our scouts are busy we should put Ebony in the group he's also a very strong fighter and I know he knows the way to the next territory." Zeke tried to think of another wolf who would do good in the second group. "Another wolf maybe an omega he has potential but has seemed a bit distant this could be his trial to get a rank in the pack if he wants one. I think we have a few ranks open that may suit a wolf like Urderviel." Slowing his pace a bit he perked up his ears and lifted his tail high. "We should also send one of our healers either Koda or Krystaline in the event that the wolf is injured."
Zeke then thought back to when he first was learning from the alpha before him and he snorted loudly. "Or we leave the wolf behind even if it's one of our pack so the rest of the pack can safely make it to the new territory and we all go half a day to the north and around so they do not catch our scent." The old alpha would do this leave the wolf to fend for it self. As far as Zeke knew all of his wolves were accounted for. He turned to look at the pack traveling along his ears alerted now for each wolf's breath or grunt. being unable to distinguish the wolves on that alone he looked at Flame. "If we go with my first idea we could loose three good wolves for a possible stranger. I." He was torn now. What if he was turning his back on a pack member who was in dire need of the pack for back up. "I wouldn't want to loose anyone else honestly I think we should adjust our packs course to the North."
He waited for Flame to respond he was worried and couldn't help but remember the pain of a decision that could kill more wolves than they would save. If nothing else he wouldn't risk the entire pack's safety and future on one wolf at this point. But the wolves he wanted to send to began with would have a say if they wanted to go or not the first plan wasn't meant to start a fight but to see if the wolf was a pack member in need, but he didn't think about it, What if it was a pack member in need? would the wolves he chose try and fight the Sabers? the scout had reported several sabers surrounded one wolf. Most Saber's were a fair bit bigger than any of the wolves in the pack. It is possible that some of the wolves here wanted to have beef with the sabers.