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Eljay had been rather shocked to find out that Raven was pregnant, as he hadn't even known she and Quixote were mates, let alone anything else happening. He had really wanted to seek her out, really, but every time something else happened. One of the pups'd have an accident or he'd get distracted with a hunt or a patrol or they just didn't happen into each other. When he heard her voice Eljay startled briefly, mostly out of feeling guilty -- he should've sought her out earlier to ask how she and the pups were doing...

Raven sounded pleasant as she greeted him and said that it was good to see him. Eljay smiled, a little sheepish considering his initial startled reaction. "Hey Raven — Yeah, it's good to see you too." After a brief pause he added: "Congratulations, by the way." He left in the middle whether he meant her rise to Alpha or her pregnancy; in truth, he meant both a little. Eljay completely forgot to answer Raven's question to him as he glanced at her growing stomach and said: "How's the pups?"