not looking for a dowry, i promise

Eligos had just stopped by his cave to drop a few freshly killed jackrabbits off for Kida, who snarled at him from the depths of the shadows before he turned away - an understandable reaction from a mother with a new litter. Cypher had, of course, made himself scarce as soon as Kida had come back from her disappearance during her heat, so it had been up to Eligos to care for her once she'd become too obviously pregnant to hunt for herself. He had some ideas for partnering the pups with wolves as they got old enough, much as Kida and Cypher had partnered with him.

He caught a voice on the wind that drew him from his thoughts and lightened his mood. Thalia! He hadn't seen his cousin in far too long. So much had changed that he didn't even know where he'd begin in getting caught up with her.

His mood changed from pleased to quizzical and cautious as he approached enough to see who was with her. Theory Destruction, the alpha of Abaven. He stopped before them somberly, dipping his horn-heavy head to them both. "Thalia. Theory. Is there something wrong?" He thought suddenly of Poem, wondering if something had happened to her, but the tips of his ears flushed hot in embarrassment. Of course it had nothing to do with Poem, neither of them knew how he felt. Not that... he knew how he felt either. But they'd certainly not have come to him if something had happened to her.