Stone Circle you can't go home again

no worries <3

Shale flinched a bit as Murdock started to clean his muzzle, but otherwise said nothing, standing stoically as he waited for his brother to end his intrusive ministrations and for the alpha of this pack to arrive. In fact, relief far outweighed any sort of nerves as a dark female arrived, carrying herself like a leader.

He wondered if she knew Day or Spot. She addressed Murdock directly, but Shale would be damned if he let his older brother speak for him. He was, after all, not a baby anymore--if still the baby of the family.

"Greetings, ma'am," Shale said, dipping his head and lowering his tail in a manner that befitted speaking to the leader of a pack. He had been submissive for most of his life; he knew how to play the part, and well, at that. "My name is Shale. I have come to see if you'll have me here, in your group. I have lived through several winters and can provide for you and yours.

"I am Murdock's brother, too. And Grayday's littermate," he added, to see whether there was any spark of recognition in her eyes.