Forgive me before I go

The brute would pause, not expecting to find his father while out wandering. He had let his sisters out from his sight, his mind wandering as his parents had vanished after a summons to a place he had never been before. The boy would smell the air between he and his sire, head tilting as he took in the different scents on his pelt. With a quizzical gaze he would open his mouth to question just where his papa had been, but his brows would furrow instead, his slowly wagging tail coming to a halt. There was something... sad about papa today.

As quickly as the babe could he would cover the ground between he and his father, running over to the brute to tackle into his front paws and chest. "Dad, what's wrong?" He would ask him, his puppy voice would break the silence after the brute said his name. He hadn't a clue what happened, but he figured there was a lot of it - and hoped that his dad would fill him in.