Shaye had intended to go straight to Bass and talk to him about Rhythm, but then she had found a new friend and gotten a little distracted, and before she knew it a few days had slipped through her paws... she was a little embarrassed, and hoped Rhythm wasn't annoyed at the wait. So she would go to Bass's den, she knew how to get there thought she hadn't gone much. Honestly, she had in the past spent all her time with Rhythm and Shaye and the busy Alpha and herself hadn't crossed paths often. She liked Bass through, and well she would have loved to play with him, she was hesitant to ask, not sure the big Alpha of Abaven would want to waste a couple hours catching crabs with her by Serpents Stream. She stopped near his den and gave a half howl, a quite huffing noise that she thought passed as one anyway, and waited to see if he would show, and did her best to refrain from fidgeting. "Speech"

Manip by Dancing-Crows

He wasn't near his den when the howl sounded, but just a few paces behind where the little girl was calling him from. He let out a soft laugh and nuzzles the top of her head when he rounded the corner, plopping to his rump right in front of her. She was a very pretty girl, but he knew that she had been slinking to see Rhythm. He couldn't hold the girl away from family, he had made the choice and didn't realize how much they would suffer because of it. But it wasn't safe, that was a far trek for the young girl. He would have to bring it up later, maybe one of his boys could go with her at least. "So what can I do for ya, my dearest niece?" he asked softly, the tip of his tongue sticking out between his teeth. Bass was the perfect combination of adult and child, and he loved to spend time playing with the pups. Plus, wouldn't it be good for future training for them to know that he loved them all? Speaking of training... he should talk to Motif about getting that up soon.

Her wait would be a very short one, before Bass rounded the corner and was nuzzling the back of her head. She yelped with surprise and giggled as she fell back onto his breast and looked up at the older boy, despite the fact that she didn't know him very well, she was an excitable and happy creature (most of the time) and had no problems showing him her affection. But he would ask what he could do for her, and with a sigh of regret she would pull back and slip the adult mask over her features again, it was a mask that beginning to feel all familiar of late, and she would look at the Alpha with a serious expression. “Bass, Sir, first of all I need to tell you that i've, umm.. beengoingtoseeRhythm” she said the last part in a rush, and continued on just s quickly, before he could get a chance to think about that and get mad – likely he would have plenty of chances to get mad with all the rest she intended to talk to him about. “And.. I.. Umm, that is” she did fidget now, and struggled to keep on her adult mask, before taking a break and letting it all out. “I think Rhythm should be allowed to come back to Abaven if she wants to, to live or visit” she said at last. "Speech"

Manip by Dancing-Crows

She giggled and looked up at him, and he couldn't help but smile sweetly back at her. When she spat out that she had been going to see Rhythm, he eyed her and nodded slowly. "I know," he said, giving her a look to let her know that. He had seen her slip out before, and an alpha always held tabs on their wolves. He froze when she spoke next though, saying that he should allow her back. His lip twitched, but he didn't dare show his teeth to the young one. "No." It was all he said as first, fixing her with a hard stare. He knew that she was young, but they all needed to know at some point that they couldn't always get their way. "You're lucky enough that I haven't told your mother that you have been sneaking out. Do you know that your Aunty Rhythm hurt us very badly? And she made her own choice, so I made certain that she had to stick by it. This is a matter that you do not understand." Sighing, his head hung slightly, gaze softening as he eyed Shaye. "If you saw your daddy fight for you, to keep you safe, would you go away with them anyways? And chose to stay with the people who tried to take you away? After all that time watching your father put his neck out there for you, would you just walk away?" It was a hard thing to think about, but perhaps she could see why Bass had made the decision that he did.

The little girl shuffled uncomfortably as Bass told her that he knew. She had tried to be careful about her.. umm.. adventures (she refused to use the word 'sneaking') but of curse she shuld have expected that the Alpha of this pack knew about her travels across his border. He didn't sound mada about that, but with her next hesitant, nervous words he would freeze, one word pushed angrily form his lips. 'no' he told her, and she shivered at the finality of it, and the hard stare that followed. He would mention Motif, and the little girl shivered, imagining her mothers displeasure. She felt something flare in her at the mention of it being something she didn't understand. He didn't have to talk to her like she was a little kid! She was trying to talk to him here like an adult, like she had done with Rhythm, and Rhythm had treated her like an adult when she answered her questions. Bass sighed, and still talking to her like she was a tiny child that didn't understand the world (and well this might be true, Shaye didn't yet know that she didn't know ) he would try to explain the situation further. She twitched at the explanation Bass gave, but didn't exactly think it was a fair one. But she had already had a long talk with Rhythm, and she thought she had an idea of both sides of the coin, and taking a breath, she would try to explain it. “I think I understand why you where mad, you fought really hard for her but the not so nice man still took Rhythm away and then when Valentine asked her to stay she agreed. Your mad that you fought for and she made it not important, but I dont think she made it not important, its just that other important things happened at the same time. You love Wren very much, if she was in a different pack to you and Motif wanted her to come live with you and she fought for her and she came here and well you where going to return Wren to where she lived, but somehow it just poped out that you asked her to stay and she agreed, you can understand that the other pack might be mad but you wouldn't want that to make Wren go away right? If it meant she could and wanted to live with you you would still want her to even if all the things that happened where all in the wrong order and it shouldn't have been like that. So it all went bad, but, and Rhythm was going to come home, but when Valentine asked her and she loved him she couldn't say no” it was a very long sentence, and she even confused herself a little trying to get it out, and she hung her head low at the end of it, her tail twitching uncomfortably behind her, she had no idea how Bass was going to take her words. More quietly, she added one more thing. “Its really lonely here without Rhythm. I miss her, and just want her to come home.” "Speech"