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This whole fatherhood thing was a pain. Well, in a mostly good way, he supposed. Kai just wasn't used to staying in one place and, getting the impression that Justice wasn't the most watchful mother, Kai figured he ought to sort of stick around in case one of his kids needed him. Hopefully as they got older they'd spend more time with him, and if he was lucky at least one of them might want to go adventuring with him. Whatever they decided he'd support them fully, as his father had always done for him, offering appropriate guidance and unconditional love along the way. The thought filled him with joy - but that joy was all but forgotten when a familiar scent touched his nose.

He didn't know the kid's name but Kai knew that he'd pissed him off. He'd gone looking for a fight and he'd lost it on Kai, trying to break his damn tusked. He'd gotten the kid pretty good too - he could only hope he'd been blinded from it. Kai wasn't really one for needless violence - violence was kind of a lot of work for little reward, and he much enjoyed things that gave him more pleasure - but he'd been a nasty fighter and he'd rubbed Kai the wrong way. Catching onto his scent trail he hurried after it, all but ignoring the borders he crossed. Borders my ass, he thought grimly to himself. He'd stay far away from traps and the like, deciding to never again be a slave or indentured servant or whatever you wanted to call it, but pack borders still didn't scare him half as much as they probably should. It wasn't that he was brave, he was just reckless, and that showed in his cocky gait as he trailed across the territory to catch up to him.

He had no idea where he was, or what exactly Azure was here for. All he knew was that he didn't like him and he'd caught him in a mood. "Hey! Hey you!" He caught sight of Azure facing off with a very small woman. "Watch out, this kid's a little shit! Tried to damn near disembowel me! Little fucker!" Okay, not quite, but his tusks were such an integral part of him now that losing them would've felt just as painful, he was entirely sure of it, and thus he wouldn't soon forget how quickly their fight had escalated. Before he could take another step further, another wolf was aiming to attack him, to which Kai let out a gleeful little bark. Now this was a show he was down to watch.