If I Smile, Promise Not To Get Upset?

Lior's delighted squeal still echoed in his head, the wolf still grinning for a moment until his daughter uneasily began to speak. An anxious shiver of horror overcame the old wolf at her words. She had almost drowned!? How had Lior gotten past him? Had he rolled in his sleep to expose a gap between him and the side of the tunnel? Lior... thank whatever gods were out there for Anais and whatever she was doing at the hour. If he had awoke to a missing pup, finding her body floating in the lake that morning or the next few days after. Bane closed his remaining eye and gave a shaky exhale. "Lior... Lior why would you do such a thing? Your too young to be in the water. Do you have any idea what I would have to tell my mate once we found you if Anais, anybody, hadn't happened along?

Bane eyed to calm waters of the lake with useless resentment. A paw was placed on Lior's back and the elder lay down before holding his offspring in place with a firm press. "I want you to look at me. This land, it is a hard place with many dangers. Foul individuals roam the lands. And your not ready for it at your age. Not the cold or the hunger. It's not safe out in the world. It's a test of ones mettle and resourcefulness. It is nothing like the den where your warm and full all the time." Bane relieved some pressure of of Lior's back though he still wouldn't let the pup.

"You mustn't do anything like this again until your old enough that your mother and I feel that you can go your own way on life. Soon the season will change to the most harsh, the most hungering, the most cold. Winter is coming. The cold is already here along with greying sky's. And I want you to use your head when it arrives." Bane stood and picked up his daughter, wading into the shallows and hovering the pup just over the water. With a rumble the pale wolf turned and headed back up to their den, he for one could use another nap.

-Bane is sleeping-