What?

The boy would eye his larger mother doubtfully. Getting lost was not fun. And she should know that, too! After all, she always panicked when one of them wandered off... afraid of them getting lost. She'd go on to say that she'd know where to look, but he also doubted that - how would she? This place was huge and dark? What if both of them got lost?

Frowning, he turned his head away again, merely listening to her words. There was no point in arguing; he didn't want to upset Marina. Besides, she could probably tell he didn't believe her, he didn't need to tell her with words too!

Ears pricked at the words of training. Training, him? Protect the pack? Eh. But protect his family? Yes! A wholehearted yes! His head snapped to stare with cyan eyes, completely attentive to her words now. Yes, he wanted to learn to defend himself! More importantly, he wanted to learn to defend his family. How could he not? Why would he not? Momma said it was most important to defend himself, but he disagreed strongly. No, family came first! But regardless, he'd learn. He nodded in response to her question. Yes, yes he did.
"Speech"