There she was being all cute again. They certainly didn't make her life easy and with all that hassle it was a wonder really that mother's could love their children so unconditionally. It was a mystery indeed though Emer was no exception, the family certainly hadn't started the way she would have wanted, and being a single mother was no easy feat but all the same she found herself wondering how on earth she would live without them now.
She would smile softly at her battered pronunciation on her first attempt of Erani's name. "Erani is a wolf. She's the alpha of Valhalla which means that she is in charge of the pack." Emer explained. "She's very nice, has helped me a lot so make sure you're good when you see her." Her warning was light-hearted though she certainly meant every bit of it. Without Erani she wasn't sure that the children would even be here today, it hadn't been a particularly bad labour but Erani had certainly cared for her and kept her calm both before and after.
The next question however would take Emer by surprise. She should have been prepared to answer such a thing at some point, though hadn't actually thought about it at all. So stunned and stuck for what to say, she didn't even question who this Helena was as she struggled to think of some way to explain why they didn't have a dad and why Valerius wasn't. A part of her, for ease of everything almost wished to say he was, though she certainly wasn't sure how well he would take that if the pups suddenly begun to call him dad.
"Some families have two parents, others only have the one." Emer began, though even in her own opinion the attempt to explain things was rather weak. "Valerius isn't actually your dad" To fully confirm that she had no father hurt given Cecily's disappointment and she had to restrain herself from telling Cecily that perhaps she could ask Valerius if she could call him dad. It would certainly put the man in an awkward position. "He does care for you though, he doesn't need to be your dad for that." She was incredibly grateful to the man for all his help and she certainly didn't want Cecily suddenly being annoyed with him for helping look after her but not being her dad.
