Steady Blaze [Pack Meeting]

Red lifted his head from his work, hearing his son calling for a meeting. He took a moment to tidy things up - working with pine tar to seal the map cases he was working on was not a clean business, though he was careful to avoid getting it on his fur as much as possible - before he made his way to the meeting spot. Most of the pack was gathered, and many of the faces were new to him. Many of the old faces he'd grown used to simply... weren't there, and he had a pang of sadness at the reminder of their leaving. Even those he hadn't known well had been a familiar part of the pack. He didn't see all his children present yet, but they were adults and well able to handle the consequences of missing a meeting on their own, so he kept searching until his gaze fell onto the pale form of his wife, and his expression softened. He made his way over to her and dropped a kiss gently onto her forehead before he settled in beside her.