"Balto...Balto... You know me, don't you?"
"I don't. ...Oh, yes, my lady, I do."
"I've come to ask if you'll join my pack. We shall be glad to have you, and I know you'll like it.
You've been feeling tired, haven't you?...If you're ready, we might go along now. Don't worry about them: they'll be alright, and thousands like them. If you'll come along, I'll show you what I mean."
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This was inspired by the ending of the movie Watership Down (from which the edited lines come). I thnk to myself, why should not the wolves have their versions of Frith, El-ahrairah, and the Black Rabbit of Inle?
And this came about. Balto is supposed to look older, and Aniu's come to ask him if he'll join her pack.