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There was still a good portion of him that was trained to interact with other's pups as little as possible, even if now there was no accidentally pissing off a leader by doing so.  Old habits were hard to break, so he tuned Svalinn out as best he could.  Besides, peripheral vision was good enough, and he'd be half-tempted to tell the kid to chill out if he said anything, and that probably wasn't the best thing to do anyway.  Quixote's understanding on pup development beyond his current litter's age was marginal at best.

So, he focused on Caiaphas.  Everything was fine-ish, apparently.  Mentally he was already starting to check out a bit, and Caiaphas probably had a higher chance of noticing it than he did paying attention to the brief eye contact.  As soon as she nodded, he was starting to turn away to head off and deal with the things that had been brought to the forefront of his mind.  Proper introductions or that sort of thing were definitely gonna have to wait for another day -- it's not like he ever made good impressions on anyone anyway.  Quixote was just gonna make an awkward exit and try to figure out what to say to Raven.  Yep, best socialized alpha ever.