The Sentinels if you are so very mighty

his countenance fell as she spoke, and then his features adopted a firmness not commonly seen upon his dark features. he did not speak until blue willow had finished, accepting her reasoning in a stern silence, but at length, his tail lashed at his heels and he shook his muzzle. "i shall not leave you here! it is a strange land, and you are with child. i would be quite remiss in my duties to our family to leave you behind, willow. surely you understand?"

she may have been used to a solitary life before, but he did not believe it now, and while the threat of early delivery was a dire one indeed, lasher simply could not fathom abandoning his mate to the elements.