Mothers must have had a sixth sense or something, he had not alerted anyone of his presence as he meandered through the lands, his scent hadn't been there long at all and yet suddenly before him was his mother. A part of him almost worried what the reaction of his family might be, his explanation for leaving, or lack of was pretty awful after all but to his surprise and joy his mother didn't seem bothered by that now, rushing to greet him joyfully and close the distance clearly she was happy to see him once more. One crisis averted.
Or so he had thought, before he had even gotten the chance to point out he wouldn't have left just like that, he'd have given a proper goodbye at first Azalea would notice his scent. He had barely noticed it himself, how Warja's scent still clung to his own, it was something that didn't bother him in the slightest but his mother on the other hand was suddenly concerned, her face growing serious as she stepped backwards. The joy of the moment had been short lived it seemed and her first conclusion it seemed was to jump to the fact he'd been back in Glaciem.
"You're the one with friends in Glaciem." He pointed out to her, his own tone now matching her unamused one. Sure he had seen for himself that Eris and Liberty didn't seem quite so bad but it was a little hypocritical of her to make such a comment given the fact that she hadn't completely banished the pack from her life either. "Eris and Liberty, they were the only ones that really spoke to me whilst I was there." He hadn't completely denied the possibility of a Glaciem girlfriend yet, though if she had jumped to such a conclusion then she could suffer a little for it.
"The girl is Warja." He responded, tone a little softer now, more like his usual self though still a little cold from her accusation. Warja was just a friend anyway wasn't she? A best friend? He'd not really thought of anything else but it wasn't the time to sort out his feelings for her, not whilst he discussing the matter with his mother. "She used to be in Valhalla with her family, but they left after the challenge, they're rogues now. She wanted to help get me out of Glaciem, I had to let her know I was free before she tried anything stupid." There was that confirmation at last that he hadn't been back to Glaciem.
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