Unfortunately Mandatory

The pups had finally settled and Modesty had been given something to help her sleep while the pups did. Gil's poorly timed howl had set them back a few minutes, several of the kids setting off a chorus to echo their father and Sakana had given the wife an apologetic look and worked to settle them down again, lots of muttering about oo-woos later, sleep now, or they'd all end up small like him instead of big and strong like their parents.

With everyone comfortably settled he padded down the hallways and staircases, joining the meeting just in time to hear about his promotion, his tail waved easily moving to sit on the side of Flurry away from her father. He side-eyed Deluge after her dramatic entry and tried to ignore the sibling squabble that he had already broken up 50 times today that looked about ready to break out in the middle of their meeting. When Sorra spoke of needing someone to take him scouting, Sakana was quick to offer, “You can come along the next time I head out,” After all, his herb collecting took him all over the place.

“Speech”