Blackfoot Forest Downtown

"Of course," he dips his head to her with respectful understanding, then moving forward to nudge her cheek softly. "I would never force you to tell me anything you did not want-- but you know how much I worry," he adds, a wry smile coating his mouth. The smile fades, however, as he looks out into the dead forest, his ears flicking. 

"The pack does not feel you are a burden-- you are just as weak as some of us," he tells her, but he worries she's smart enough to see through his white lie. In an effort to combat this, he sighs softly. "Hosannah will come around, I am learning much about her still. It seems she is slow to trust, I'm sure she's had a rough past," he adds.