Father son discussion?

Kotori nodded at his father’s assessment and while his head was focused on suggesting they go out hunting his dad asked for a rather detailed report.  How detailed and what was worth mentioning?  A simple nod granted agreeably on doing well.  Heck, how far back were they talking for that matter?  It had been a busy winter with the healing only starting partway into the spring.

“I’m good.  After the chat, we need to see if my dad’s still in good shape though.  He’s getting older and I worry if he’s still useful in a hunt.” No reason not to throw that part out at the beginning.  “It’s been busy lately, though a lot of the same stuff repeatedly.  So a detailed report might get boring.  I’ll highlight a few things.”

“Summarized portion.  For the winter I worked at getting stronger, a spar or two but then the curse came on the land.  I did try to learn a bit about it.  Caught some rabbits in snares to run tests on.  I sent off Splash and Fang to visit a cave and see if things were any different there but, same thing there also.” A small shrug, “not that it matters now with the curse broken.”  It didn’t matter for a report of trying to solve a riddle but it did count as a note that he hadn’t been dawdling around the pack shirking his own jobs.  Kotori had been working his arse off and it was time to share.

“Hikaru and I were patrolling a lot lately.  Killed more predators than I have toes on my paws to count.  Mostly sick ones driven mad to risk stepping foot on armada soil.”  There were times for cheery chat with daddies, this was a chat about Kotori proving he was more than just a prince by blood.  “and I’ve been working on my hunting,” a sly eye cast to his dad, a twitch of his lip, “and while I’ve improved, I could sure use someone to go out and hunt with me.”

Sure, he had done other things but as far as the highlights that should do it Kotori imagined.  He could mention the Ashen princess but Kotori wasn’t even totally sure where they stood to bring up that topic yet.  Right now she was just a smile that could play on his lips when he thought about their time in the woods and how she had felt sleeping next to him.  Nope, that was for another day.  

"Kotori Fatalis"