Blacktail Deer Plateau baby, can you focus on me?

One ear flicked in acceptance of her offer; she could try all she liked, but behind the guiding star and a few assorted others, Shale truly was clueless when it came to the sky. Perhaps, though, she would prove a better teachers than others who had taken the same educational challenge--getting through to his admittedly thick skull.

That skull cocked to the side slightly as she remarked on his brother, and he gazed at her in puzzlement. "What gives you that idea?" he asked softly. He knew his brother was prone to irascibility--a trait that surely hadn't diminished with age, and with loss of vision--but Day was a natural leader. He didn't think the alpha would hold a grudge against this woman for long.

"He can be quite grumpy sometimes," he admitted, with a small chuckle. "Probably nothing to do with you."