we carry on

Oh, how her eyes widened at the sight of his haul, and he saw in her eyes a light of interest; the thirst to learn. It kindled a smile as he let her look at them while he halved the portion of Meadowsweet and added his half to the pile on the hide. Her excitement widened his smile into a grin. It was a lot like he was when he was about to learn a new fighting technique as a pup.

Her soft voiced answer had his full attention, fathomless sapphires watching her as she went on to say what he already knew. He smiled gently down at the little female. “How would you like a home in Celestial? We aren’t very many at the moment, and we do have rules, but we hold healers in the highest regard of respect. They are the ones that keep us healthy and patch up the injured, cure our illnesses. A pack would struggle horribly without even one.” His tail waved, just the slightest hint of hope entering his posture and expression as he gazed down at her face, gauging her reaction.

She had the drive and will to learn about healing, which meant she might strive to be a valuable asset of a pack. Not only that, but she was pleasant, polite, which said she was unlikely to cause trouble. She was honest, thus far; his intuition hadn’t caught any sign of deceptiveness in her demeanor. And, quite frankly, he felt like this was the first step in a very good direction for Celestial.