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Elwood thought back to the circumstances of Finley's pregnancy. They hadn't intended for it to happen, either, but nature had had other plans for them. Of course, this was different because Fox and Peregrine were the Alpha pair -- there was no one above them in rank to give them consent. They could do it whenever and wherever they pleased -- including in the middle of a pack gathering, as Peregrine reminded Elwood playfully. Elwood laughed out loud at the memory, shaking his head as he thought of the shocked faces of the other wolves as Peregrine interacted with them while literally stuck to Fox's pelvis.

"I thought that dinner party really brought us all together," he chuckled. He likely wouldn't bat an eye at the scene now; after all, he had been friends with both Peregrine and Fox for nearly a year at this point. He had hardly known them at last year's debacle of a feast. He mused over these thoughts as he padded along the shoreline, pausing to mark the ground and plants just a frequently as Peregrine did.

The conversation shifted naturally, and Elwood answered his companion's question with one back leg suspended in midair. "Much better," he replied emphatically. "Finley's on the mend and Eljay has been sticking close by her. But I think he's finally starting to feel a little more secure," he added. The whole pack had seen how Finley's absence had affected Eljay, especially during the firebirds' first official pack hunt.