Novel would silently join him and the pair would await their daughter's words. The concern would fade and give way to a rather hurt emotion flooding through him instead. Of course the first year had hardly been the greatest for their children though they had changed, surely Symphony and Howl had been able to see that with the way that they had raised Novella, Legend, Story and Myth. He would regret not having given the same life to his eldest litter of course though that guilt and shame had eaten them for some time, worried him to no end before the birth of the second litter.
Novel would be swift to respond, pointing out that perhaps Symphony shouldn't have joined Ludicael so swiftly. It would pain him to agree though if she had doubts these sort of things were best sorted prior to joining and accepting a high rank within the pack that they led. They weren't about to step down any time soon after all, Song had needed to take a break and even when she returned Dutiron felt it probably best that they continue to lead for a while anyway, Song had been left with a lot of recovering to do as of late and the death of Descant had just been the worst of all.
"I am sorry that you can't see that for yourself Symphony but we have changed. We know we have made many mistakes in the past but we have learnt and grown from them. We have changed, but also our problems lay mainly in our parenting." The man would respond, his tone as usual calmer than his mate's though too suggested the hurt that they both felt. "It's not our leading that was the problem however, Ahlon was fine in our care, it was our family that we neglected. There is no changing the past of course though we certainly always hoped to build a better future. Song and Lyric have forgiven us, I really do hope that you and Howl can find it in yourselves to do the same. As your mother says, we can't force you to stay though please don't have the attitude that eventually you will have to run again, just give us a chance."
Then of course would come the topic that there was a lot of catching up to do. Did this mean perhaps that Symphony planned on sticking around to do said catching up? He certainly hoped so, the chance to mend the broken relationship with his children, create one with his grandchildren and of course now for Symphony to know, love and care for her newest siblings the same she did for the others. His mate would agree though that there was a lot to catch up on and indeed there was, where to start? Perhaps Symphony had an idea, to be honest Dutiron had a feeling that she did.
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