something better than in the middle

"Yeah he can be an ungrateful jerk sometimes," He agreed, though there were times the palm cockatoo had been helpful in gathering things he needed, even though he complained about doing it more often than not. When the woman introduced herself as Deathbelle, Empress of the Ashen Empire, he nodded his head (though more to himself than to her). "Ah, an alphess eh? My uncle's an alpha too, seems like pretty hard work, no offense." In truth, he wasn't sure how hard it was being an alpha. He could only go based off what he saw with his uncles, all the decision making and the potential criticisms from others if they didn't like certain decisions and all that. His uncle seemed stressed out lately, but that could also be the fact that he was a single dad with four kids running around on top of leading a whole damn pack.

His thoughts came to a pause when she offered her help to free his companion. "Sure, I'd appreciate it. And I'm sure he would too...maybe...don't be surprised if he isn't, or at least...if he doesn't say it." All of a sudden he heard squawking coming from the darkness as his companion started his near ear-piercing screaming. Ah, cockatoos...he hated his companion so much when he did that but he only seemed to do that in high stress situations. "I think he's learned his lesson!" He shouted over the screeching, and he promptly turned around and headed back into the cave. "Alright! Alright! We'll get you out!" He shouted at the black bird as he approached. Thankfully, the cockatoo stopped screeching as he eyed the wolves, impatient and irritation clear in his beady black eyes. "Get me the hell out of here! It's too cramped! Hurry up!" He squawked.

"Yeah yeah, we're working on it." Ig retorted as he stared at the cage. He had tried to spring the door loose before but the damb thing was too rusty and the latch was stuck as far as he could tell...sighing, he glanced at Deathbelle and wondered what she thought of the situation. If she called herself an empress, she probably thought poorly of him and the situation. Why, out of all days, did his stupid dumb bird have to get into this predicament? Ah, whatever. Though he was embarrassed, in the end, she was like anyone else he supposed. "Any ideas? I tried the latch but my teeth can only do so much and it's pretty stuck..."