Rolling his shoulders in a shrug, the ebon male simpered and averted his gaze. "Probably not. It was more of an um, analogy?" If that was the word, which it probably wasn't because despite best efforts, Solaris had never been an incredible speaker. He spoke too fast and always had too much information or feelings to get out to worry about the finer points of syntax. "Plankton, huh? Like what whales eat?" Well, now he couldn't help but wonder if whales were trapped under the ice. Maybe the lake was so deep that it could harbor them. What a story for a younglings that would be! He could feel the shivers of excitement already.
Her comment brought a soft smile to his face. "He is, incredibly so. He's nearly a year younger than me, but he's the alpha back home, he's incredible. I was the first born but if you didn't notice, I'm not exactly the sort you want leading a pack. I was in charge of the other couriers though! Fastest wolf in Aethelis, I was." He boasted, his tail wagging gently. But the subject of why he left dimmed his mood a bit. "I left to try and make something of myself. I thought maybe if I quit relying on my family so much, maybe I could get somewhere, I guess to find myself? It sounds so silly, and to be honest, I have no clue what I'm doing or what I was thinking, but I'm here and it's too late now."
The fact shed called him a knight not more than a moment ago made his ears warm when she spoke the last bit. Glaciem sounded very different from anywhere he had ever heard of. Was it something like a harem? Or we're there just a lot of females by coincidence? "And I assume its somewhere near here, huh? Your pack must be strong to live here, the place I was born had similar terrain, and it was difficult sometimes."
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