Love Somebody

When his wife was happy, he was happy. It was easy to please him these days, but he knew this was mostly because he saw few but his immediately family. He was still a rather gruff brute, even around fellow pack-mates -- but he could never be unhappy around his children and Silent. A smile painted his weathered features. As Novel introduced herself, he nodded gently to her. Ara seemed to think rather highly of her, even though he wasn't sure they had even seen one another since they were children. Regardless, a friend of his wife's was a friend of his... as was a friend of his daughter's.

They began to all walk together, and he slowly settled down beside Silent. She offered him a piece of rabbit, and he was eager to take a bit from her, beginning to gnaw gently on the meat as Song spoke. She seemed rather troubled by things that had begun to happen to her. Ah, the burden of being a leader.

After the women spoke for a moment, he lifted his head to eye Song. "I empathize with you, but I do not envy you," he started with a hint of a laugh in his voice. "Once I had craved power. Now I would rather die than be in charge of few more than my children." Perhaps it was a bit of an exaggeration, but it was true; he'd never been meant for leadership. Bronze flashed her a toothy smile, hoping his comment did not offend, but instead might lighten her heart slightly. Silent was always good at comfort and sympathy -- but, never quite warm or gentle enough, Bronze could offer was a lighthearted joke and a reassuring smile to the woman.