Northstar Vale Lemon children! Go forth!

Bigger, older, better.

They'd always outmatch him, he knew it. But Titmouse conceded the point when Rian spoke, no longer interested in venting his emotions to the Beta - he just didn't get it. Ironically, he was likely the one wolf who really, really understood. But the child was still quite immature, and clammed up when he felt himself being corrected again.

Until Rian mentioned the word orphan. This was a concept he hadn't heard of before, and as the older wolf explained, Tit just kind of... Stared at him. His ears twitched when he heard the almost-slip-up in the older boy's language and then, unable to help himself, he grinned stupidly.

No effin' idea! He parroted, suddenly back to his old self, but this momentary flicker of Titmouse's old fire flew out swiftly, like a candle. He was focused more on the whole orphan thing. What is an orphan? An' how can Rannoch be an orphan when he's the boss?