Finally taking flight

Ulric remained lingering by the windows, looking out into the world as he started thinking and planning about the future of the pack, his children, how he was going to go about training Artorias to fill his place when the time came... All sorts of things. He didn't often have time to sit and think and usually when he did it was clouded by darkness and doubt, but this morning felt different. Today he had something to look forward to, a hopefulness that he didn't often get to feel. He was excited to bring Eska into the fold, but he was equally as excited for other parts of his life and that was a shift in his mindset that he hadn't been expecting. He tried to cling to that positivity as he continued to wait for Eska to appear, a soft smile lingering on his muzzle.

Apparently he had been too lost in his thoughts to notice Eska walking through the castle's main corridor maybe a dozen feet away because he saw her come into view outside, blinking as he watched her stretch out her sliver brindled form, the lighter hairs in her coat catching the morning light brilliantly. Seeing her again stirred up that same warmth under his skin and it made him wonder how much of that had been the wine and how much of that had been his desire. Giving his head a shake, he turned away from the window and went out to join her, smiling as he trotted across the open space to where she was standing next to some barrels of rainwater.

"Good morning," he rumbled as he slowed to a stop near her, offering her a warm smile. "Sleep well?" Every time he saw her in a different light he thought perhaps he had seen her at her most lovely, but somehow she was more beautiful each time he got the chance to be around her. "I was thinking I could show you around, give you a proper tour, tell you more about the pack, if you'd like."

Ulric Adravendi