Sirius was in good spirits after seeing an old friend. He had kissed Tamsyn on her cheek, and told her she was welcome to stay as long as she liked. It was a decent journey, and he hoped she took him off on the offer. They could sit by the campfire and eat salmon and catch up on what was new.

But, in the meanwhile, he had a wolf to promote. The Warlord back-tracked towards the training area Naiche had set up for the Hallows wolf. Thinking to follow his tracks and find where he had gone off to. Instead, he found the golden wolf tidying up his area, and packing away his ‘pup’

The Warlord leaned against one of the dummies and watched him for a moment. “Don’t forget to feed him and make sure he’s in bed at a decent hour.”

Naiche had to admit his fake pup was a really sad imitation but it had done the trick.  Pan, at least, was proud of the fake pup and probably because of the help he’d had to put in making something in a short period of time.  At least Naiche assumed that was the reason since Pan never spoke it was his best guess. He was about to grab it in his mouth when he heard Sirius and turned about leaving it be, smirking at the comment.  “After such an exciting day I’m sure it will sleep well tonight.”  The humor was there but it was assuredly followed up with the curiosity.  Sirius had been talking with Tam and now that was apparently over.   Naiche was never the best at beating around the bush.  Casual talk wasn’t really coming to his mind and so aside from the humor, he just went straight to the point, “So, what did you think?  Did I earn my promotion sufficiently to general?” Admittedly he had imagined another fight instead of teaching someone else already educated which had left him unsure of what was best for a passing grade.  Naiche could think up ways it could be improved and this sure as hell wasn’t training to always be used, but in his own mind, it had been a damn good lesson he’d made up.  Probably better than a fight to since he was still getting over the marks Asla had left him.  Ok, well it wasn’t a very fierce fight at least. "Naiche"

He propped himself back up and moved closer to Naiche, now that the other wolf had acknowledged him. He grabbed some of the stuffing and began to help clean up the space - not that there was much left to do - and let the boy ask his questions. He was young, close in age to the Warlords oldest children. But he had been in the Armada for a long time now, and had made a lot of effort to learn and grow within the pack. He was loyal, and had never given Sirius a moment to doubt that. Right now, loyalty meant a lot to him. Too many wolves had come and gone, moved on with their lives as through the Armada was merely a stepping stone.

He nodded slowly, through the motion was certain, and could not be mistaken. “Aye. You’ve earned it Naiche, congratulations. I’ll announce it to the pack tonight. A new Reaper and General in the span of a few days. It's a good week for the Armada.” he paused, putting down his burden. “Your main goal will be training, get the wolves up to standard, and above. I want to full more specialised ranks, and be in a position of strength.” from there? Who knows, perhaps they would be due a raiding.

Naiche had plenty of determination but hesitant in confidence when he first joined, now as he watched Sirius and got the answer he desired he was anything but lacking in confidence.  The young wolf was confident in his task.  This had been a great test as Naiche see the potential of various ways to train fighting aside from simple spars or practiced maneuvers.   His tail swayed in a rhymic pattern behind with a small grin at the answer.  He was a general now, not a student or warrior but straight up to a general.  The wolf nodded, “I’ll work with all of them.  I’ll start in small groups, I thought it would be good to spend some time focusing on working as a team.”  In spars, it was most often one versus one but in fights against the large predators like bears and the crocodiles it had been vital to be able to work with another wolf and function well together.  The better the pack synced then how much better they would be if a mass attack was to happen.   Naiche was in quite the good mood now, he had worked hard and got what he wanted! Of course he could do what he set his mind to.  “It will be hard to decide who to promote when numerous ones show their talent.”  Bold words but Naiche wouldn’t stop until he made them real. "Speech"

It seemed his green-cloaked man already had a plan to put into motion. It was good to hear it, the Armada wolves needed a reason to commit, and a little inspiration to help them get there. They needed wolves like Naiche at the fore, urging them on. Aslatiel was proof that size meant nothing in becoming a great warrior, and her determination to get the Armada into motion would be an asset. He was mighty pleased with his new high ranking wolves. He laughed softly and slapped Naiche on the shoulder with a bear-sized paw. “getting ahead of yourself there, Naiche. The students have a long way to go, but I know you’ll get them there. All of my pups will need to be assessed soon - through that will be a joint mission between you and Asla. Hanako and Acciona don’t specialise in fighting, but their self defence abilities need work. It might be good to start there, and then make your way to the other apprentices, such as Skyfire and Mojito. Everyone that is an apprentice now, I don’t want them to be one come summer. The pups will become students then, and will need to be assigned mentors” He laid it out for Naiche. It was a tall order, but they were two wolves. Asla and Naiche. They could do it. "Speech"

Naiche soaked in Sirius words, that nod once or twice to show he was listening.  “Sure, I haven’t met Skyfire yet and Mojito only recently.” Naiche tried to keep up with everyone and could only imagine it was injuries and strange events that had made him miss out on so much  “I’ll be sure to seek them both out.” So the pups were waiting until summer for official training? It seemed a few were already quite spunky but if he did help any of them train before summer he’d have to be sure and take it easy on them. There were a lot of wolves to train and more than that the strategy of figuring out who to pair up and where to start and what to focus on.  Naiche wasn’t used to a high-ranking position but he was enjoying the challenge already!  There would be a lot more planning needed than in simply patrolling or learning how to fight.  “I’ll meet up with Hana and Acciona also, think up some way to help them on basics.” A brutal spar probably wasn’t what was best for them though surely if they knew what they were missing it would be different!  How could any wolf not love a good fight? “I’ll talk with Asla on it also, see what ideas she already has.”  Naiche had no doubt Asla had plans, with her headstrong and independent nature it was impossible to imagine she wouldn’t.   much?"Speech"