Noctisardor Bypass Like a river

Mawk had not seen the queen take down the rabbit, but he could smell it from a distance. He was not all that far from the Empress, it seemed. She, too, spotted him and called out. "Gwen." He nodded respectfully, sitting down, leaving a safe space between them. "Everything is fine, I believe. Cebra and the pups are doing well." The man smiled, thinking about his new children. He felt connected with them already, and had vowed to protect them with his life. "I was wondering how you were doing." He switched the conversation to her.

Though he hadn't led a pack before himself, he could tell that doing so put your subordinates before you. It meant putting your own problems to the side so you could help others. But even with that knowledge, he also knew that even the leaders needed time to sort out their own issues, so he wanted to help her. He had remembered Knew. He did not know much of the pair's relationship before the group banded together, but that was not information he needed to know. They were their own personal memories. It seemed, though, that there were other issues that could be on the queen's mind. Oftentimes that was the case.