Smartmouthed

Oleander gave Bas a sour look, he had hoped for a little more advice around how to handle the girl than just supportive to find his own way.

He shook his head and went on, helping with the tables and moving things around in the cart. When Ba paused to answer him Oleander looked down and shifted his weight. He assuredly needed to tell Bas about his dad too.

He revealed what a virgin was and Ollie's ears pinned themselves back and his mouth twitched. He huffed through his nose, letting the steam rise around him in the cold like he was a white dragon. Was it truly that important that he hadn't done it yet? Did other yearlings already know what all that was about? He missed a lot in his lessons as a kid. Fever dreams mostly colored his childhood memories, and those had not been fun.

"Speaking of Dad... He's... He wasn't doing so well. Ya know when you told me to tell you when a patient's health affects the pack, I should tell you? He was struggling to eat and didn't want to get up much. I felt like that was something important to say, to you..." He shuffled his paws. Then grabbed another load of supplies. That was probably good enough.

"Speech!"