Silver Creek out for a paddle

Once he had received her name he nodded to her once more. Her name had an interesting cadence on the tongue and he rolled it around in his head for a moment. It flowed well, his own name more seemed to rush from someone's mouth and leap from their lips. Hess-ton. Hers followed the tongue in an arch, up and then down. She replied to his joke in a straight forward manner and he merely grinned at her, shaking his head slightly. "No, keep your secrets. I wouldn't expect you to tell me the truth of my impending demise anyway." He smiled to show he was still joking.

She shook herself then he and winced as droplets flew through the air. It left her with a similar look to him, fur raised and spiked in all manner of directions. He understood her need to shake though, droplets crawling along your spine were bothersome, itchy. He wasn't surprised by her straight-forward question. It was a common enough idea, join a pack and start a family. He nodded and shrugged. 

"First and foremost I wanted a pack. I've been living as a loner for a time, and loner life was never something I relished. I much prefer the company of a pack, and the security. As for a mate, if the situation arises and I find myself smitten I wouldn't run from the idea. I've always wanted pups...I've just never truly felt connected enough to settle down." That wasn't to say that he feared commitment, he'd have no trouble tying himself to someone for the rest of his days. He'd miss the flirting with anyone he chose, of course, but he could flirt and harass his mate all he liked. "For now," He said honestly. "I enjoy my bachelor life. I'm a shameless flirt, I'll warn you. One day that special lady will catch my eye and blind me to any other...I hope, anyway." 

In truth, his birth pack had been too full of cousins and half-relations and his secondary pack he'd only recently joined before things had gone bad. He'd flirted with the ladies of the second pack, had a few that he'd wanted to know better...but obviously he hadn't gotten the chance. One of the two he'd had his eye on had joined the betrayer's pack. The other had been killed. It saddened him to think of life lost so young, and for a moment he was lost in thought, reflecting on his past. He returned his gaze to Shreya after a moment, a more serious expression on his face. "My past hadn't given me many opportunities for romance, you see. So Silver Creek, I hope, will be a new start all together for me."