Working overtime

Graciously, Balthier did not keep the Aegis waiting long. After only a few minutes, the gold and black wolf approached him with his usual stony silence, a small grin on his lips though no words were spoken. That was perfectly fine; Artorias didn't necessarily need nor expect all of his wolves to be extroverts. Smiling back to Balth, the two males headed out on their patrol, their paws crunching through the fresh snow as they walked side by side to the eastern border to begin their circuit. The world was quiet and still, just as he expected it to be in the cold of winter. They'd only just reached the border proper and begun heading around it when his companion spoke, Balthier's words making the Aegis' ears perk atop his head and a little grin play on his lips.

"Yeeeah, not too much longer now," he replied with a chuckle that fogged his breath before his snout in the cool air. "That's probably for the best. I don't know if my wife could take much more growing or being confined to the castle, and gods know I'll probably sleep easier once they're here and healthy." It was no secret how much stress and effort Artorias was putting forward in his preparations for his first litter. All of the Hallows had been working so diligently to provide for the coming of his family, and for that he would be eternally grateful, but man, was he tired and the little ones weren't even here yet! "I suppose we'll have to see how fun they are when they're actually here and pray they don't run us ragged," remarked Artorias with a bit of a chuckle.

"Artorias" | "Carpathian" | "Corbin" | "Eira" | "Argent"