Altar of Twilight I was angry with my foe

Kavos took a step back when Charon's tone changed. He had no reason to suspect that he would be attacked— as it had yet to happen to him by way of wolf— but instinct told him he didn't want any part of the temperamental aura that the alpha male gave him in that moment. He didn't understand half of what the freckled father said, but he understood clearly that "pups" were very important to this wolf, and if Kavos expected to live here, then he needed to know what to do about them.

Not kill them, was the most obvious answer here.

The boy swallowed, ears tucked tightly against his head as suddenly the wolf deferred to his daughter for further instruction. He tried to pay attention but lost most of the exchange's meaning as his thoughts still tried to wrap themselves around how he should be feeling about those aforementioned pups. In the end, his decision was to avoid them entirely if he could, but by this point he didn't know if he should be answering something or not... so he elected to remain silent. Probably not helping his own case any.