Remember the Name

Walk | Talk | Think

He smiled kindly, the expression warm and inviting upon his scarred face, and the answer he gave was just as positive. He had spotted game within the area, and the news caused Mercianne to smile a bit more brightly. Good, she thought with a heavy sense of relief, just barely resisting the urge to sigh in a visible show of how she felt inside. The worry that her expedition might have been for nothing had been a very serious consideration until now, troubling her and posing a distraction that made keeping an eye out for prey all the more difficult. Just knowing there was some out there assured her that her venture away from her precious children was enough for her.

And to her surprise - though in retrospect she supposed it was hardly a surprise with what she had gathered about Knight Cloud so far - he very politely offered to escort and assist her. The little white wolf's dark brown eyes blinked at the unanticipated offer, though her smile did not falter or dim. It seemed, however, that his own boldness was not what he had expected either. The look about his face when he turned away from her looked an awful lot like embarrassment, the brown fur upon his face covering the blush from Merci's view. His offer was terribly sweet, and so very much needed for her. It had been too long since her last hunt and she was sure her skills, which had been menial at best, were beyond rusty now. "I would appreciate that very much," she answered quietly, the tail that had been sitting at her side with fidgeting gestures truthfully wagging for a change.

Figuring they would be off soon in search of the prey he had mentioned noting earlier, the little mother wolf rose to her paws and waited to see if Knight had intention of leading the way. But rather than mention where he thought the prey to be he instead asked after her pups. Her reaction was a startled on, the easy expression about her face closing down in a look of surprise and worry. He knew. She had been hoping so much for it to go unnoticed, for the little lives that she protected to remain a mystery to him, at least until she felt comfortable to bring up the subject, but instead he had decided to breach the subject before time. "I do," she answered with a tentative hesitation, feeling somewhat self conscious and worried about her children over in Soul Sand Cove. "Six of them," she added as much to prove to herself that she trusted him as to assure him that she did. "I don't like being away from them." The quiet admission was spoken almost under her breath, her dark eyes seeking the ground as she thought about the pups, hoping they were still curled up asleep inside the den and not causing a fuss.