What life could be without you

He supposed the answer should have been obvious without him having to ask, but he still hadn't expected the Aegis to be waiting here for him specifically. Silently, he was grateful. Walking and speaking with Resin would give him a moment to recenter himself before he had to face his children again. He knew they would worry enough on their own without his own emotional state concerning them more. He nodded quietly to her motion for him to follow and he easily fell into step beside her, his silver gaze lingering on the ground a few feet ahead of them as they walked.

He didn't respond right away when she asked how he was feeling. He wanted to be honest with her, but he also didn't feel like revisiting the emotions he had just spent so much time emptying out of his system. "I'll be okay," he rumbled truthfully after a moment of silence. Perhaps he wasn't at that point right now, but he would be - for the sake of all of them. Not only did he still have four children to look after, but he didn't want to let Resin or the pack down either. He took her offer to teach him how to lead a pack very seriously, even if his dream of leading his own pack had fallen far to the wayside in the recent months.

"What about you?" he asked, glancing toward her curiously. The pop of her joints hadn't gone unnoticed, though he would never point it out specifically. As much as he looked up to her as a leader, he also cared about her as a friend so her well being was just as important to him as anything else.

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