The Heartwood I've been cold, I've been merciless

He complied with her nudges returning his gaze to her own, and gave a small smile, glad that perhaps he was doing this whole friendship thing properly. 

"No my parents would never come south." The ice bear shook his head, glad for the fact that his parents would most likely never come looking for any of his siblings. "My siblings live in Blackfeather, and so I shall never leave them. They are the sole reason I now live here." Away from his beloved ice and snow, away from the ice land that he loved and missed with all his being. He gave up his future, as a leader, as a son, all for the sake of his siblings. 

"So if you ever need a friend, I'll stand with you. Don't forget Speedy. It means a lot to call a northerner your friend, it means you have a family behind you." Siarut got the distinct feeling that Speedy would get along rather nicely with Tahani and Tomkin. All three had their sunny dispositions.