Little whipper snappers

During his daily aerobics exercises, Artorias had spotted Ulric heading past him down to the hot springs at the base of the falls. He hadn't paid much attention to the brute, especially since they hadn't had much reason to interact. He knew of his kids, he'd seen them around the pack and played games with them every so often, but never had more interaction with the man than a passing "good morning, sir". Today, it seemed would be different. Art was halfway down the falls for another lap when Ulric's howl summoning the pups to the springs. The boy's black ears flicked to catch the call and veered off his path towards the adult's summon, Corbin gliding gracefully overhead to follow the little pup until they both arrived at the training grounds. Corbin alighted upon the branch of a nearby tree, looking over Ulric and Avantika from his perch. Artorias strode up to the two, still dressed in his leather armor with his sword strapped to his back. He glanced between Avantika and Ulric briefly before coming to sit and present himself before the mammoth-sized male.

"Hello, Mister Ulric," Artorias greeted his elder with a bow of his head. Ulric was one of the council members of their pack, and was established within their little community. If he had called the children together, it could only be for important things, and usually the adults only gathered them when it was time for some sort of lesson. His amber eyes drifted over to Rudy and Avantika. He had no doubts his brother would attend every call, but it was strange to see Avantika here. She had always kept to herself, only seen hanging around Rudy and hiding away in their den. Artorias had never interacted with her, not out of any malicious intent, but because neither had made the first effort. In his mind, Avantika had been another pup his parents had collected, like Grimshaw. They weren't his family. You couldn't just scoop someone up out in the wild and just call them family. That wasn't how family worked. He hadn't accepted her nor Grimshaw yet. But that didn't matter right now. Ulric had called them all for some reason. Hopefully they'd find out soon enough.