gotta keep going

It didn't really surprise her that the pups didn't have a home - pups with a home weren't generally to be found wandering far from any pack, on a battlefield, if they had a family somewhere. They'd likely been abandoned, or their parents killed. She could sympathize only too well. "I'm Cascade," she gave her name in return without hesitation. "You're about the same age as my own pups. I know I would hate to see them wandering someplace this dangerous." She hesitated, wondering if inviting them to come back to Imperium to rest would somehow piss Valentine off even more, but before she could even word the invitation (because of course she was going to do it whether he was mad or not; how could she not?) a strange male approached.

Her head swung his way, and her mismatched ears laid back, her hackles bristling as she stared at him a moment in silence. "He is not with me," she finally said, and though she kept her voice as non-threatening as possible to avoid scaring the two kids it was all she could do to keep from leaping in front of them and snapping at the male. She was already on edge from the threat Neios posed to her children, and seeing another large black male - though he was no taller than her, he was built more heavily and immediately set her protective instincts galloping to the fore. "Is 'do you want a bandage for that' creepy-guy-with-the-tattoo talk for 'let me drug you with these herbs and drag you both behind a bush to have my way with you?'" she growled skeptically, seeking to keep her voice low enough to project only to the large black male her muzzle faced, rather than the two pups.

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