Sleeping Dragon pulse

"The more I think about it, yeah. A lot like here. They even spoke a different language from what I'd known before," he mentioned with a slow nod. He'd learned that in time too, and he believed she would understand too since they'd both needed to adapt to the commander's culture's tongue upon settling here. Then, on his age, Dio snickered softly. "Pretty old definitely isn't wrong, but I'll still take it as a compliment," he poked her cheek with his muzzle gently. He was well-aged, robust, and comfortably in his prime, so he was postponing the old man jokes at least for a while longer.

When she asked about children, he knew she was the first to ask. "I did. Once.. at least, that I knew of, before joining Stavern Rise. The others after... since I was the family's eldest daughter's favorite and she'd recently taken alphaship," he shared while peering at her quietly to judge her full interest in it -- some of his progeny were barely much younger than her even, he suspected. No one here really knew this, not Heda or anyone else, although it was not a touchy subject with him. Nor could he find it in him to be shy about woman seeking him. As a young wandering male, he'd been plenty opportunistic in exploring his options. "Well. How could they not? I brought it on myself too, and I left my homeland early to get plenty of time to enjoy my roving  -- although it was a lot different after the Rise, I guess because I was comfortable enough to settle in a bit there, like here.." came punctuated with a toothy smirk, all while wondering how she'd even think of him with that in mind now. But it was all history, and he doubted it would change the present enough.