Moonspear your thorn

She perked when she heard paws, then saw him--her son, the only one that she knew for now. Her ears turned towards the silvery boy, half in interest, half to appraise what she saw and decide if he tolerable right now. When he brought food, she wordlessly accepted; Charon had probably taught him that one, or maybe he had picked it up on his own. Although he didn't always act like it, she knew he was sharp. She could see it sometimes.

Before she delved into her offering from him, she returned her greeting to him with rough nip at his cheek before he could withdraw from her space. She rumbled fondly at him to show she appreciated it. Her tail waved in earnest to match. While she watched him mainly still, adding a certain expectancy to the weight of her gaze, she went for the fresh meat and let him have her attentions for now.

He straightened his stance a bit, although she could still sense the motion he held back, so she arched a brow at him. He nodded suddenly, and his typical foray of questions began--about his guardianship, about the upcoming puppies, about her. She would only humor so many.. yet, he seemed more thoughtful than before. He asked with gusto, but not obnoxiousness, and sprang from topic to topic within certain reasons--all current, all new to him. Ame squinted at him over her eating and she felt him rein in at the subtle cue--grateful that he caught it, but he did spend time with her well enough to know.. and maybe feel it too.

She marveled silently before she would return with her eventual answers, cryptic as she could make them, while still guiding him true. There were certain topics she had to broach with him should he have his best hope at understanding. Several of these were those.

He could be a pest and she knew it, but the juvenile before her had come far from the little nondescript bean-shape of a pup that had only barely dodged the same fate as his runtier sister. Maybe for one of the first times, and with such certainty, her expectations of him did not feel quite so lofty.