this is she

The open affection was something new. He stuttered slightly as she pulled him into a bear hug, stretching up to reach around the larger wolf. Grief, was she really so short? He recovered and laughed softly, reaching down to wind his head behind her ears in a hug of his own. She returned his sass, quick with her tongue as she gave him a few titles of her own. It was the first time someone called him an angel. He made a mental note to find out what that was... but maye not fro Mal right now. "Yeah, well, if it wasnt for Saph you would have found a River Monster at the tree." He shot back tartly, tail wagging from happiness as he spoke.

He frowned when she told him he had missed something. For a heartbeat he thought it was her round about way of saying she had somehow achieved Reaper early. Couldnt be he had included the title in his teasing. He frowned thoughtfully, tail making smooth motions behind him as he considered. "If your going to say vanquisher of heirs, then your getting ahead of yourself" he told her lightly. But there had been something peculiar in her voice, like she honestly expected him to know. He joked, but he was also a little worried he was disappointing her.