show me the way

Hannibal never grew up feeling the pressure to reproduce since by the time he was of age there was no denying his wandering eye. It was surprising it took as long as Nephthys for the male to have his first litter but the famine did away with any of his interests prior to Boreas. Yet, his experience with raising children was rocky at best. It was a hard concept to wrangle but now that he was much more settled in life and perhaps those wild days were in the past he was able to focus on being a Father. He hoped that if anything his children would have him as an example of what early parenthood could provide and maybe they would wait until the time was right. The male had faith in his daughters to wait, they hated him enough to do so.

One and a half ears listened to the Crown Princess speak. 'True Kleins' made him rumble slightly as a small grin played at his pink lips. They were true Kleins but not nearly as pure as what their ancestors once believed in. Deathbelle was a half-sister. But, there were no true Kleins left anyways. The tradition of marrying pureblood Kleins was distant but not forgotten. Most of the pure bloods, some of which were Hamiclar's aunts and uncles, died with the famine. Yet, his litter was the closest they got to such and he was incredibly proud nontheless.

Venom's question made the man look her over for a moment. That devious smirk never leaving his maw. Despite parenthood seemingly making the male a tad softer he was still the slippery snake many knew. "Each Klein is born with the strength to achieve greatness. It is a matter of what they do with said strength." Hannibal's tail flicked gently, "Despite the fact that I was the Crown Prince of the Klein Empire your mother, my younger half-sister, was able to obtain a throne while I could not." No longer did the idea of his failure cause pain. The pride of having such an incredible mate seemed to mend that wound long ago. "Do not underestimate anyone, Princess." If anything the male could provide advice of what not to do. He had faith that Venom would make a fine Empress one day but he couldn't say he would be disappointed if one of his pups managed to find rank all the same. "I do hope you will find time to spend with them as they get older. They are proving to be an energetic bunch and will need their older sister to teach them a lesson or two." He hoped she could help tame Chi and Inc's appetite for attention with some play fighting or what have you. It was good to humble a Prince or Princess at times.