Walk | Talk | Think
He was grateful the request he had made for Erani had not been denied right then and there, for reasons both obvious and not. He knew her skill to be unsurpassed by anyone within all of Alacritia and also knew how valuable a lesson taught personally by her would be to his daughter. He wanted to encourage her along the path she had chosen and could think of nothing better than this. It was also nice to know that it was still a possibility, that Erani was well enough to consider the trip should it take her fancy. Selfishly he hoped it would. Secretua only had his little healer alone, and the better prepared she was to help them all the better off all of them would be.
It was impossible to miss the way in which Surreal's face seemed to change as she spoke of the male who she had taken as her mate, and naturally it made him think of his own. No matter how gruff and surly he tended to appear around just about everyone else, she was the one who could pull a smile from him, could draw a nice word from his lips, could get him to open up about what he feared and hoped for. It was obvious Surreal had found that too, and he was happy for her. It was something he thought everyone needed to feel.
What he had not anticipated was the wolf's lineage. The mention of Isardis caused the striped wolf's brow to raise speculatively, knowing all the implications attached to the name "Armada" and the history those wolves had with the Valhallan wolves. "Fate sure is funny," he remarked, a little more dryly than was likely necessary. Not only had it paired off a Valhallan wolf with an Armada, but it had sent Rune off to live with the stranger who had killed his brother. It was a fact he was not at all willing to share with Surreal - it was all in the past now and he certainly did not want to ruin her happy thoughts for the future.
Inclining his head, clearing his throat, Rune set aside his own issues and offered further congratulations. "I'm sure he will be," he stated, trusting her judgment on the matter. She might have been a bit excitable, almost like a puppy at times, but she was her mother's daughter and Erani was not easily taken in with false pretenses. "Do you expect to have the pack before the pups are born?" he questioned, curious about the timeline she had set for herself. He could recall how Alamea had been during her pregnancy, how tired and drained it made her at times. He wondered how Surreal planned to do it.
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