I know it's hard sometimes

Crucible's ears perked at the sound of his brother's bark when Creed came trotting up from behind him. It caught the male's attention and made him turn around to face Creed with an equally friendly wag of his tail. Well, at least he didn't have to look for him too long. That was a relief. He gave Creed a small smile and settled on his haunches since he still wasn't quite 100% up to his usual self and he didn't want to get tired out really quickly. He was just glad that Creed found him before he went searching all over Celestial.

"Not tha best, not tha worst," he replied with a slight shrug. His voice was normally deep anyway, but now with his lingering hoarse it sounded even more deep and raspy than usual. "Feelin' a bit better." He was never much of a talker, especially not right now. He was happy to see his brother again though. It seemed like he had hardly seen him at all since he joined this pack. "How're you?" he asked in return, his gaze showing how genuinely curious he was about his brother's life.

"SPEAK"