King Elk Forest with baited breath

 

While the pair are enthusiastic and eager to share the encounter with the patron god of the forest neither can negate the need for updates for long; Nova yearns to hear of the trip and Mato has much to share and unload as well. Hearing that both Burke and Malice have joined them made her tail fly into a flurry behind her, eyes going a bit wide with the unexpected news. How fortunate for them! She knew that both had a colorful history, leading multiple packs before retiring of sorts of the Fen. Before Nova can even offer up her opinion Mato admits that the Caldera had been unfit, and Nova's surprised expression turns sour before going completely blank. It's become the standard way she expressed (or didn't!) her opinion over the place that had taken them in. While Finley and Elwood might not have been bad they certainly weren't opening up the friendly home that they thought they were. 

"What!?" To hear that they had been denying food and that it had been a child that dictated things made Nova's blood boil. "I bet I know who it was." Nova didn't need to ask questions or even run down a list. Towhee had never taken to any of them, her disdainful behavior somehow making her think she was elevated in her stature. Someday she would learn, and when that time came, no doubt it would be a lesson learned the hard way. "They wasted the opportunity to learn from their elders." Not that Malice was old but she was experienced, and often the young woman lumped her right in with Burke when it came to their age and prestige. She gave a breathy sigh when she heard that they had been squabbling like children right in front of Brienne, and gingerly Nova reached out to nuzzle against Mato's chin like she might soothe some of the angst away. 



"Well, Granpa has never gotten along with Daddy. It's not a surprise there. Best she learns that now than get surprised by it later." She offered in jest; well, partially at least. If she stuck around and what was slowly brewing between Mato and Brienne grew she'd find out eventually. "Did you see Benny or Ivy at all?" She asked curiously, a hopeful note to her voice. Maybe her other siblings were doing well, too, and they might have been alright over all.