He had just begun to settle in at the den for a rest when Charon came calling for them. It was that, paired with hearing Galaxy going outside already, that got him up and going again without very much of a second though. He stretched and moved from the den, out into the warm sunshine.. squinting and looking around. "Ran-day-what?" he asked, then yawned at his papa. He didn't bat an eye about being lumped in with one of the girls, or his father's later correction; in fact, he was quite used to it by now and didn't matter all that much to him anyway--tough guy Jarilo or one of the girls, he was fine with both. He was far more interested in what this move was going to be about and went plodding over to Charon (after eyeballing the stranger a bit first).

It had been foreshadowed to him for a couple of weeks now, and why sometimes he got to go on slightly lengthier trips away from homebase recently. Maybe if he thought really hard about it, he could remember Mama telling him that it would be coming soon.. but as only as abstract concept floating out in the air, it didn't mean much to him. He still returned to the same den each day, so it hadn't affected him any yet. Now though, it was about to change.

Waiting to move the litter had come with its share of valid reasons after all that had happened, but that did not mean the dark alpha was any less eager to finally do it now that seemingly, the dust had settled. They were in a good place to move forward, she believed, and increasing space and freedom ought to do them all a lot of good. Galaxy was back among them, mending enough, no other bears had been seen, and she had been doing small bits and pieces to make sure the pups were capable in preparation. Now that they were a little older, and the rest of the pack solid, hopefully her patience would pay off.

When Charon came to rally them up and out, she had been lounging nearby with a watchful eye set upon the area. She moved to his side in silence, though nudged his ruff with her muzzle, and returned to full vigilance. Amekaze wanted no repeats of last time they had got them out as a collective unit, and although this time there was far less room for trouble, she was taking no chances.

But above all, she was ready to get them settling in.

She watched each and every wolf, from her pack to her littlest pups, and this got her tensing up when Galaxy began to move after Tryphon. Instantly she shot Jarilo a look that suggested he not do the same, which he seemed to catch onto thankfully, and usually Vela was obedient to her father--so Ame had fewer concerns there; still, she loomed over them carefully and watched Rouge move after her (with half a sigh of relief), though she was considering marching after the girl herself..

Apparently, Galaxy would be the one she'd have to mind the closest even still, and after all that had happened already. Amekaze tried not to feel too peeved yet, reminding herself of their painfully short attention spans right now--but she really did want to get them safely from point A to B without catastrophe. "Come on, everyone. It is an important walk to the rendezvous, and I want you to pay close attention to how we get there since soon, you will have to know how to get back to it yourself," she explained to the pups' who she could get to listen, and waited for Galaxy to be one of them so they could go.

After his questioning of what this was supposed to be exactly, Galaxy's snout in his face distracted him plenty, and he offered back an attempted lick when she booped at him--though he was still a little sluggish from sleep, so it was not exactly his best effort. He'd mumbled back something else that ended in a 'woOoOo' sound too before her attentions went elsewhere. Evidently, that would eventually be towards one of the other packwolves--the male that Jarilo was used to seeing around here and there, although he often didn't pay him too much mind.

Jarilo wasn't feeling motivated enough to go after her anyway, and his mama's stare certainly solidified him in place to await further instructions.

Without incident, they were back on track and heading in the right direction -- plus with the company of a few more faces, which the dark mother deemed as even better for their cause with the relief it'd bring her. She nodded a last glance over her shoulder to the others, ending with Charon. Then she leaned down to nip Galaxy's shoulders gently when she threaded through her legs into reach, and next Jarilo's rump got a pinch to get him focused and moving too. "Stay close," the mother reminded them. She went striding forward now that she was confident in her puppies gathered up for the time being and headed for the most direct route from here to the rendezvous.

Questions were sure to follow soon enough when they realized more about this next step in their lives, so she didn't distract them with explanations quite yet; it was important to her that they take this in themselves, however they needed to for best success. So long as they were moving forward and on their way, she was happy.

He yipped softly and knew it was time to get going, so he did just that and fell in line with his siblings. Careful to mind himself, since he got the sense this was pretty important already (and if he didn't, he'd get way worse than that small pinch), he attempted to be the picture of an obedient, attentive little dude—even with the tiny touch of growing nervousness he had pooling in his gut over a big change like this that was becoming more real by the minute now that their paws were in motion.

The steely whelp still had relatively mixed feelings about the rest of the pack, but much of that was born out of not knowing them that well.. not like his little family unit that he saw day in and day out, especially. It would get easier with time, so, to what Papa told them about living there and not being mostly under Mama's jurisdiction, he still felt a little more watery at the notion suddenly. Something about less of her made his stomach clench weirdly just then. Despite his furrowed-up face, he did manage a nod, and peered at the back of her legs wide-eyed when he wasn't gawking at his sisters, the trees, and rocks instead.

Everyone else still seemed very excited about this. It wasn't easy to keep that funk he was feeling around for long..

A bunch of pawprints later, and he began to move past that to just find himself entirely distracted by it all. So much newness bringing so much to see, and anticipation was building awfully fast in the meantime thanks to what awaited them at the end of this walk. A new homebase could be fun.

Charon filled them in more, and they were there soon enough. She watched them take in their new surroundings quietly, studying them as she did. "Anywhere. You can curl up wherever suits you, basically," she explained to Galaxy's question with a gently sweeping gesture to the general expanse of the rendezvous. Personally, although her den was nice, she well preferred not being bound to a den at all. There were trees, roots, and nearby thickets to take advantage of, or even small caves none too far away. The options were quite vast outside of the whelping den. "Maybe when the weather is sour, beneath a tree. Or on a clear night, someplace with the stars overhead. There are many other sorts of cover than just the den, you know," she chuffed lightly, trying to not make it sound too unappealing overall, despite how different it would be from what they were used to.

She was convinced they'd get used to it with time, anyway, and she'd gladly show them the benefits of dozing in the relative open when the time came. For now, they just had to settle in. "You will see. Check it all out," she reached to nudge a nearby pup's rump. "And be careful." Ame reminded them once again