I won't let you fade away

Ulric heard Emile's voice calling to him from within the room so he paused, lingering just outside the door while he waited for his son to appear. He heard a bit of muffled rustling from behind the still mostly closed door and he lifted a curious brow as seconds began to tick by. He waited patiently though all while wondering to himself what it was his son was doing and what might be keeping him. He glanced toward a window that opened up to the outside world at the end of the corridor and saw that the sun was now high in the sky. Had Emile been in here all the way through to mid day? He could have sworn that he had seen the boy earlier that morning...

Just as the thought crossed his mind Emile opened the door and he brought his silver gaze back down to meet the boy's emerald eyes. He returned Emile's smile, though now that his concern was first and foremost on his mind, Ulric could see now how the smile didn't quite reach his son's eyes. "I was," he confirmed with a nod. "I haven't seen you around so I wanted to come check on you." Again, with his worries over his son's well being as his main focus in this moment, he could notice some things that perhaps his son didn't want him to notice - some spots on his back where his fur stuck up in odd places from where he had obviously been sleeping the day away, the slight outline of his ribs that spoke to the fact that he hadn't been taking care of himself. A little pang of guilt twisted at his gut for not coming to check on Emile sooner, but with everything that had gone on in the pack, Lilith still recovering from her seasons long illness, Ezra lashing out and unwilling to attend his training... His attention had been pulled in a thousand different directions. He knew that would only become more true as he stepped into his new role.

"I was just about to go down to the store rooms and get something to eat. Would you like to join me?" he asked, the nod of his head and his tone suggesting that it wasn't really a question as much as a strong suggestion. He didn't know exactly what was going on just yet, but he was determined to at least get Emile away from his room for a bit so they could talk.

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