Heron Lake Plateau Discussing conspiracies and prison facilities

One of the problems with baiting that metaphorical trap was that then he had to answer it.  Either way, it seemed Eljay hadn't heard the news yet -- but it wasn't like it was a secret or something that could be hidden in the first place, so there wasn't much reason to avoid saying anything entirely.  Besides, they were alphas now, and as they'd discussed, they could pretty much do whatever they wanted these days.  Since it seemed like Quixote had almost turned Eljay into a fish with that comment, he had to wonder what he'd think of the news.  Yeah, uh.  Raven and I are expecting a litter, AKA the motivation behind the newish alpha making an attempt at being responsible in the first place.  The fact it had even happened at all still obviously amused him, as he'd come to accept that life and luck hated him about the time it had all started -- but now he had Raven. 

The direction of the track he found pointed away from the lakeside, and his eyes followed a vague guess at the owner's trail off into the distance.  It looks like some deer came through here.  Haven't spotted them, but if it's their routine, they'd be a good target to gather a group for later.  To make sure all the pups survived, even if he was mostly thinking about his own.  Unless of course that earlier news really freaks Eljay out or something which would in turn interrupt Quixote's babbling about prey, in which case feel free to skip all that.