It wasn't long before the sun-touched male arrived in the clearing, lowering his head and tail as he walked closer and dropped the rabbit at his paws before rolling over onto his back and whining softly. He smiled genuinely down at his subordinate, something he did more often nowadays. "Get up, Flash" he said in an amused tone, lifting a paw and attempted to swat at Flash in a friendly manner before nosing the dead rabbit and tearing it in half. "Here, you have some too." he said nudging the other half to Flash. He knew that the rabbit wasn't going to fill either of their stomachs but it would make a good snack.

Chewing thoughtfully on a rabbit leg, he swallowed and turn to the Probatio and tilted his head slightly. "You must be wondering why I called you here in the middle of the afternoon when you were hunting." eyes glittered as he spoke. "I assume you know I am a Roman right, my bloodline extends to the start of the great Roman Empire but you do not know much of the traditions and culture of Rome do you? I don't think you know about the gods most Romans worship." he flashed his subordinate a crooked grin.

"Lately I've been thinking about teaching some of you guys a bit of my culture before I call for a pack meeting." he smirked, "If you want to learn more..." he paused. "You might know more about how the things around here work and perhaps....." he stopped that and grinned the same crooked grin again.

Eyes gleaming. "So are you interested, Flash?"

“I'll give it a try," said the yearling and a faint smile appeared on the silver Roman's face. "Alright, I'll skip the creation of the world part and move on to the creation of Rome. It was said that Rome was founded by two brothers Romulus and Remus. Their grandfather was the rightful king but he had been overthrown by his brother. Their mother was a virgin priestess of the goddess Vesta, the goddess of home but she got pregnant, by Mars, the god of war. A relative recognised that Romulus and Remus were more than wolves and attempted to have them killed. A wolf entrusted with this task abandoned them by the river Tiber, which was in flood. They were later found by a she-wolf who suckled them, and a woodpecker, who fed them. A wolf later found the pups and brought them up." he paused and eyed Flash for a long moment, trying to remember the next part.

Right, Romulus and Remus grew up into strong young men, born leaders. Remus was captured in a brawl with some of his grandfather's wolves. Romulus attempted to rescue his brother, and the presence of twins of about the right age uncovered the secret. With their own followers and their grandfather's men, they overthrown their great-uncle and restored their grandfather to his throne. The two brothers did not want to serve anybody else as king, so they left to found their own city.

The Roman Praetor licked a paw thoughtfully as he wondered how to express the second part of the story through words. He had forgotten how his mother had told him this story, but it still stuck. Frowning slightly, he thought before smiling broadly at the Probatio again. They chose different sites, and decided to seek omens for which would be better. Remus looked round and saw six vultures, a good omen, while Romulus claimed to have seen twelve, even better. While they were arguing, Remus jumped over the walls Romulus had built. Romulus was made even angrier by this, and in a fit of rage, killed his brother. So Rome was named after Romulus. After having reigned over Rome for long years, Romulus disappeared in a violent storm, and it was announced that he had been taken up to heaven, from where he would continue to look after Rome's destiny as a god.

He looked at Flash with concealed curiousity and a slight tilt of his head that meant still interested or do you want me to stop? for he knew some wolves did not appreciate hearing these stories, thinking it was all bullcrap and nothing else. But it was the story of how the Empire of Rome had been founded, or at least one of them.

Hmm. So Flash wanted to know more about the gods did he? Well here goes. Pluto and Jupiter and Neptune were three very powerful gods. They were also brothers. When their father Saturn, died, the brothers first divided up the world, Jupiter took the sky, Neptune took the sea, and Pluto took the underworld. In time, Jupiter became the king of all the gods and all the earth and everything on it and above it and, well, just everything. Neptune married happily, and remained Lord of the Sea. As for Pluto, he was content, living in the Underworld as its Lord and ruler. Pluto isn't the lord of death. His job was to rule the Underworld, he was a good ruler, parts of the Underworld where heroes' souls dwelled for a while after they died, were nice. Parts were terrible like Tartarus, where the evil go when they die. Pluto can think of a thousand punishments for evil souls. Thats why you should always try to be good in the eyes of the gods for if you were brilliant, you might be able to go to heaven and feast with the gods like Romulus did.

He paused, swallowing the last bit of rabbit and tilting his head in a thoughtful manner wondering how he was to proceed next. Silver eyes gazed at Flash, wondering which god he would be most interested with and if he chose to believe in his culture and become a converted roman. Which god would he chose as his patron? It wasn't really a 'need' but most Romans chose one except well, maybe him. Although the gods he usually prayed to were Mars, Neptune, Jupiter and Pluto. He supposed those four gods could be all his patrons, if that would work with the gods. Finally he decided to let Flash decide.

"I could take about the gods for weeks, months even years if I could so I'll let you choose which one you want more details about. Mars the god of War, one of the most popular gods in Rome. Apollo the god of healing, music, poetry, prophecy and the sun. Juno the queen of the gods. Vesta the goddess of home. Diana the twin of Apollo and goddess of the moon. Bellona goddess of war. Minerva goddess of wisdom." he paused knowing he could go on and on and on about all this and decided that this was enough for now. Flash could decide which god or gods he wanted to know more about.