Blackfoot Forest What happened?

Valette was not too surprised to hear that. She had been a good friend of Tavi but she had not always been around. She had been a wanderer. Still one would think that if a wolf is a mother that they would not just leave their pups unattended. Hmm.. "I'm glad he is doing well," she admitted with a light smile, though it was still saddening to hear he had to grow up without his mother.

Valette nodded at her other words. She knew pups could be resilient. She herself was an example of that. Her mother died and it made her only stronger, same for her father leaving them even before that. Valette had to laugh at Banner's words. So Stark was her bother? Interesting. "It is alright, you can tell him so," she assured him. "He already apologized before and I don't hold grudges."

Valette nodded. "I made sure of that. I told him so myself that he should have some manners," she laughed, she said something like that, or didn't agree with him. Oh well. Now it was all in the past. "Good to know that this region in empty though. That means we will definitely settle here! Thank you for the information, Banner. Now I don't have to cross a whole mountain range to get to you, perhaps I can visit more often!"