Sunspire Mountains drinks 'em like flesh smoothies

She replied. Okay. Now his sense of humor could really shine. "What? Can't find anyone to put up with you for a lifetime? It should be easier now since you're halfway to dead." He'd not said anything, but he knew she was older. Graveside humor was something he didn't really share with anywolf, but he had a feeling Nanuk could handle it. "Or maybe no one wants to risk you'll come back to haunt them." He teased, though in truth, he understood what she meant when she kept things simple in saying it just hadn't happened.

Except now the tables were flipped back in his direction. Iqniq shrugged. "I don't know. It's a tall order. Gotta be the right wolf, you know? Someone who's okay with your ass being expendable, but can put up with you for a lifetime. Trust isn't so easily earned with just any wolf, but I suppose is it's meant to happen, it will happen." He looked to her, staring long and hard for a moment. "On a scale of serious to seriously-serious, how serious is this battle buddy thing to Tartok?"