Blacktail Deer Plateau Phantoms can't hang

I'm sorry for the delay. I'd like to fade this here and have an updated one sometime in the near future if you're game?

Peregrine listened as Dante explained that, while he shared some fundamental beliefs with his birth pack, the similarities ended there. He pointed out the way Peregrine looked after his own, including the young, the sick and the weak. The Alpha male pondered this and couldn't help but muse over whether the image he had of himself differed from reality. He supposed he had softened in some ways after becoming a mate, a leader and a father. He had hardened in others too, of course.

"Well, I'm glad you think so highly of myself and the plateau. The feeling's mutual," the Alpha male said, then began to say something else when a tinkling laugh caused his ears to quiver, then another. By the sound of it, his children were making their way back toward the rendezvous site and a glance at the sky told him why: it was nearing dinnertime.

"You're part of this family now, so you're welcome to stay and eat with us if you like, Dante. In fact, I insist. We can talk more over dinner," the Alpha male said with a smile before standing slowly. "Excuse me," he said, hobbling past Dante and making a point to brush the other male's shoulder with his nose as he shuffled forward to meet his pups at the edge of the clearing.