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ooc: Just 'cause Shrike needs more threads with the pupperlings :)

Having been on the trail of a porcupine for about ten minutes, Shrike was pleasantly surprised to find a distracting call was raised by Peregrine not terribly far away. He lifted his head and listened in on the call, only to realize that though Peregrine was calling mainly for the pups, he must have been along the borders and would therefore inevitably be in Shrike's path. While he didn't particularly like the idea of getting chewed on even more by Ferret, who had taken a liking to ambushing him whenever possible, he figured there was no reason to abandon his fruitless search for the porcupine and see if Peregrine needed any help or wanted any adult company. He flinched when a few nettles fell down across his shoulders, and looked up to see that the porcupine he'd been tailing had already scaled a tree. He growled at it softly and pointlessly, before he urinated on the tree's trunk to mark it and express a bit of contempt for the prickly creature before he picked up a bouncy trot and made his way toward Peregrine. 

Three of the pups were already present, and with a pang he remembered that Peter wouldn't be showing up. He was vaguely aware that there was another youngster in the pack, one that had been taken in by the alpha pair, though he'd yet to get to know the new boy. He dipped his head in a greeting to Peregrine but had to yank it back up again as Ferret took that moment to make a grab at one of Shrike's silver ears. He chuffed, clicked his teeth together close to the boy's cheek and gave a soft woof to both Whip and Gannet in greeting before he turned his attention to Peregrine. "Know I ain't what you called for," He said, purposefully ignoring Ferret who he assumed would make some sort of jeer, "But was in the area anyway. Thought to stop by."