Sawtooth Spire Why So Serious

Iqniq offed his mate a nod before disappearing into the darkness to encourage the rest of the pups forward. She was the one calling all the shots... for now. As soon as the puppies were fully out of the den and had met the pack, he was going to start making a few parenting decisions of his own. Since today was the first day of the "great den escape" he was pleased enough to be expanding their little worlds.

Sitamat didn't need much encouraging from him. Simply seeing his brothers out and playing was enough to give him the courage to pad out from the den and sit down by Tonravik. Every now and then, the pup would turn over his shoulder to look at him and Iqniq would nod and catch up with him, following along like a shadow. When the pup was seated and content, Iqniq moved to check on the other two who romped.

Ping smelled something awful. A sniff to the boy told him he'd rolled in rabbit poo. Iqniq wrinkled his nose and decided then and there that Tonravik was on bath duty tonight. No way in hell was his tongue getting close to that... and Tonravik had cleaned up worse. Perhaps a small part of her would enjoy it. Either way, none of that mattered to him as Iqniq stood aside the romping puppies and played ref.