may the dread wolf take me

No. Ruby placed herself in the pup's path without another thought, to her he was already hers. Her tail wagged slightly as she smiled softly at the boy. "Gone long enough from where?" she asked tilting her head to one side. "You seem tired and hungry, my son isn't far from us if you want to rest and have a meal." a lonely child would be hungry would they not? Ruby wanted the pup to know she was here to provide. Not whoever had even let him wander off. Parents. They obviously didn't know how to take care of their birth children. "If you ask me the fact that nobody was around other than me when you got stuck tells you enough about who takes care of you." Ruby moved a bit but clearly was still trying to block his path.

"You can call me Ruby, an allmother of sorts." This was her only chance after all. Normally if they wandered off at this stage she could kiss goodbye to her bounty. She could only hope Req would do his job and help ease others into the role he had decided to play. These young abandoned pups would grow to be fine warriors and they could give the world a taste of her fury once that was done.