On Second Thought

Walk | Talk | Think

He should have seen it coming. He should have been making more of an effort in getting the pack settled and organized and arranged as would have made them more productive overall. But circumstance had prevented it. Between the storm, his sister's passing, and his father's challenge, Rune had been too preoccupied to pay enough attention at those under his care, to ensure that the environment they were living in was still meeting the standards it should have been at. Even now it did not cross his mind as he heard the call of his first recruit and padded off to answer it, thinking only that something must have caught the large youth's attention that required his leader's presence.

Oblivious to what was going through Australis's head, the grey Guardian greeted the youth with a quiet chuff to let him know he was there as well as to acknowledge him waiting within the center of the Gulley. For once his expression was not in its typical frown but relaxed, smoothed into something still stern but perhaps more approachable. "Australis," he said by way of issuing a formal greeting, nodding his head at the same time. It had been too long since he had seen the youth, even longer since he had spoken with him on a personal basis. It was something he was disappointed about. But there would be time enough to remedy that later. For now, he was here to listen to whatever it was the brown wolf had called him for, and quietly leaving the floor open to the youth Rune stopped to stand beside him as he wondered how he had been faring all this time.