Blacktail Deer Plateau Nothing Else Matters

As a matter of fact, Peregrine was in a wonderful mood. Every day brought him closer to his children's due date and, somewhere along the way, he'd become a dreamy sap about all of it. Although he kept up with his hunting and other duties, he often went around with a dewy look in his eye, a dopey grin on his face and a distracted manner about him as he daydreamed about the offspring growing in his wife's belly.

When he heard her voice, he snapped out of just such a reverie and hastily loped toward the borders. His heart pounded, wondering if she needed help. When he saw the two figures standing with her, he paused, blinked and approached at a leisurely walk. His gaze lingered on the male standing beside Pied before drifting to his niece's pale and inexplicably anxious features.

"Hello," he said to the party of three. Intuiting that something was going on, he queried, "What's going on?" He gave Hawkeye a brief nudge but mostly kept his attention on Pied and her companion.