No sleep, only play!

Ever the little doppelgänger of his sire, Rogue offered Venom an almost perfected little smile of feigned innocence and wide magenta puppy-dog eyes, trying to use his youthful sweetness to sway his way into his mother's good graces once more. It was like their father had taught them: use all the tricks at your disposal to attain your goals. For Rogue, that was usually either charm, wit, and guile, or it was a sudden and overt display of energy and strength. Wrestling had done him no good, so now it was time to turn those puppy eyes up to his mother and hope they worked on her instead. "Okaaay, MAYBE stay up for sunrise," he conceded with a heavy sigh of defeat—or as heavy as a small chubby puppy could manage as he was being carted off by the Empress to be put down for a non-negotiable nap.

They arrived in the den much quicker than he would have liked, but at this point Rogue had more or less come to terms with the notion that he was going to be taking a nap against his will, and as much as his namesake personality and indomitable spirit did tempt him with the idea of trying to make a break for it as soon as his mother put him down, he suspected Venom wouldn't find a third jailbreak attempt to be as endearing as his first two. As much as Rogue was... well, a rogue, that didn't mean he wanted to be in trouble, and in fact he often spent much of his time scheming of ways to get out of trouble. Still pouty but now noticeably more limp and worn out from his flee attempts, Rogue put up no fuss as Venom settled him into the bed beside his already sleeping siblings. Fortunately though Venom did grant his wish for a story before sleep, and Rogue was all over that offer!

Snuggling up into his dam's soft fur as she held him close, partially because nothing beat mom snuggles and partially to keep away from the snoring, flailing mess that was Rebel, the small midnight blue pup pondered what sort of story he wanted to hear. "I wanna hear something about you, Mom! Something exciting and filled with action!" he decided after a moment, flashing a wide, puppy tooth filled grin up at her while he nestled into his mother's fur. Venom was the Empress; no doubt she had many fun stories of excitement and adventure and battle! She was the most powerful and respected wolf in the world after all!

"Rogue Klein"