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She nodded her understanding as he spoke, filing his name away in her mind. Adravendi-Valentine, eh? She and her siblings had once gone by Adravendi-Mathias, though time and distance had slowly led to her dropping her father's family name. There had never really been anyone else that held that blood in common with her, and she had never really felt as close to that family as the Adravendi blood. It was a strange sort of comfort to her that the boy went by Adravendi-Valentine, rather than just Adravendi. It made it feel less of a violation that his family had hijacked her family name.

The smile she gave him was a touch warmer than it had been, less impersonal. "Yes, Celestial is doing well enough. We have young pups now, my own litter." She didn't know when Torin had spoken last with Aurielle, or if it was even recently enough that she had already been alpha, so she wasn't certain what he would know of their current situation. She tilted her head inquiringly. "What of Lirim? Has all been well here since you spoke with my alpha last?"