Malleus picked through the garden in search of his adventurous daughter. He wasn't sure where he might find Felicity, but this seemed like a good place to start. She was as active as the rest of them and he was sure that if he stopped and stood still long enough he could snag her when she eventually ran by. But he wasn't patient enough for that today. No, today was Felicity's day and he wanted to give her as much time as possible. Malleus had no real game plan; all he'd decided was that he wanted to let Felicity decide what they do today. If she wanted to wrestle, he'd wrestle. If she wanted to hunt mice or go after a predator, he'd do that too. Today was her day and he was up for anything.

Felicity had learned a great deal from her first rocky start in gardening. She could identify weeds and pull them delicately from the garden, as her mother had shown her time and time again. She enjoyed the setting, the sweet aromas that were familiar to her. She learned to wrestle with her brothers, with one memorial win over Aureus, that she rather enjoyed to lord over him.

Most of her learning at this stage was done through games, and play, egging on her siblings and letting them do the same to her. She didn’t yet know what she wanted to be when adulthood overtook her, but she knew that she would be whatever the pack required of her.

She caught the scent of her father before she saw him, and a quick glance to the side told her exactly where he was. The wind was in her favour, and there was a slim chance that her cunning old man might not have found her yet. She slung down through the garden, hugging the earth, and circling around him. Once she could come up behind him, the young girl would spring from her hiding place with a ferocious growl, and leap fearlessly at the larger wolf. She would aim to get a good nip in on the back of his leg, if she could.

Malleus' ears swiveled round and his nose worked nonstop as he tried to pinpoint his daughter's location. This was a likely place to find her given her devotion to Serene's garden, and yet he was seeing neither hide nor hair of her. It was possible she was off somewhere with her brothers, but it was awfully quiet in the castle and Malleus was here in the garden. Granted, they were big enough to explore the surroundings areas with supervision, but surely someone would have notified him- He bellowed as something latched onto the back of one of his legs and kicked out instinctively to swat away whatever was attacking him. Malleus whirled, prepared to kill a snake or mangle a primate, but froze when he realized what had happened. "Felicity!" he exclaimed, tone dismayed. Hopefully he's just shaken her off and not kicked her in the face otherwise this daddy/daughter day was off to a really bad start. "You got me, sweetheart, I thought you were a snake."

She was surprised and pleased when her father let loose a bellow of surprise. She had snuck up on him! He kicked out swiftly, and she earned a nice knock on the side of her head, though she managed to turn from most of the blow. The young wolf crouched down on her front paws, her back legs up in the air as her father turned to her and exclaimed her name.

”I’m as quick as a snake!” she said proudly, still chuffed at having got her father unawares. The skimming blow to her head she had already shaken off, and there was no hard feelings about it. She would just have to remember his reaction speed next time, it would have to be a quick swipe and a run to avoid a blow. She grinned mischievously. “What are we doing today?’ she wanted to know, tail wagging as she looked up at her father. She wanted to enjoy some time with him, she knew his alpha duties kept him busy, and revelled in any time he could spare for her.

He was relieved to see Felicity shrug off the blow as though it were nothing. How poor of a start would this day have had if he'd unintentionally kicked her into the creek? Heaven help him if he'd given her a concussion or opened up a wound on the side of her head. Serene would have taken his hide. Malleus chuckled, that sound a mix of amusement and relief, and had to concede that Felicity was indeed quick as a snake. He nodded then offered, "And as quiet as one too." "What are we doing today?" Today was Felicity's day. Malleus would be happy doing just about anything and he was curious to find out what Felicity would want to do. Even though he thought he had his kids' personalities and likes pinned down, they constantly surprised him. "Whatever you want to do. I'm having the soldiers take over my patrol today, so the whole day is yours, kid." He smiled. "So what do you want to do, huh?"