Golden Child

Valen sat back with a very satisfyingly surprised expression on his face, and Chaos gave a rather smug grin of his own. He had to suppress the little quiver of childish glee his father's approval, schooling his expression to a more 'independent adult' sort of expression. "Thanks, dad," he said casually, as though it wasn't a big deal.

Of course, the moment didn't last. Valen's voice went sly and snarky, immediately reminding Chaos of the second order of business. He coughed and carefully didn't meet Valen's eyes, looking everywhere but that slate-blue visage. "Well, I'm actually in the process of relocating them to their new pack lands. That is to say, well... here. Buffalo Knolls and uh... the Range."