Shadowing
08-10-2017, 08:43 AM
Athena was surprised and excited for her son all at once when she heard Heather's announcement of his new rank. It lifted her spirits quite a bit and her chest swelled with pride to know that her son would be taking her place. Once the meeting was over her attention turned to Archelus as he spoke. She chuckled a bit and replied, "I had a feeling Heather would choose one of you boys. I'm happy for you, Archie." At his request she nodded, giving him a grateful smile. For a while now she had been feeling a bit out of place... like she had lost direction and purpose. But moments like this when she could offer advice and help where the times she really cherished. "You never need to ask, darling. I'm more than happy to help." She leaned over to Tiburtius briefly to give his cheek a parting lick before she got up and turned to walk down the hill toward the mangroves so that she and Archelus could speak away from the group. She kept a leisurely pace and stopped again once they were a comfortable distance away. "Being Knight isn't as hard as you might believe it to be," she said as she walked, glancing toward him with a small smile. "Really it's only as much work as you want to put into it. We're fortunate that Fiori's history has been incredibly peaceful. I think that fact has made some of the wolves here very resistant to learning how to fight. They don't see the purpose or the need. The last time I tried to hold a training for the whole pack I received so much pushback that I never did it again. I only held training sessions for the pups and the fighters after that. Healers hardly ever want to fight... especially Amalia." Her gaze drifted off for a moment as she spoke of the healers, her expression growing nostalgic and sad. It was hard not to think of her missing mate every waking moment, but she didn't want that to interrupt this moment with her son with her own lonely worry. She gave her head a shake and lifted her eyes back to Archie's. "What are you uncertain about? Is there anything in particular you'd like advice on?" |
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