Phoenix Maplewood look around, leaves are brown

Kids! Grayday had kids! He was an uncle! Shale's heart swelled, and he felt eager to meet these fine young nieces and nephews of his. And, of course. . .that meant Grayday was here. Somewhere. He wondered why Murdock hadn't run into him yet.

He opened his mouth to ask when Murdock inquired about his life, and promptly snapped his jaws shut again. Resisting the urge to look away, he instead fixed his brother with a gimlet stare. "Not really," he said, voice flat, and didn't touch the subject after that.

He nodded to the deer, then looked back at Murdock. "What say we take some of this back to your pack and I can meet them? See if I'd be a good fit?"