Heron Lake Plateau guiding light

Eljay looked around, panting from the exertion. Owen was all covered in mud and water, Kite was safe enough but wailing. Eljay frowned as Kite started a story, which luckily she didn't just sign but also spoke. His signing had never really become good. He'd tried, he really had, but already the newest brood had surpassed Eljay's signing skills -- and comprehension. So it seemed ironic that Kite would say she wasn't going to be a good hunter, and that she couldn't do the same things other wolves could, while speaking and signing both -- the latter a thing Eljay wasn't half as good at as Kite already was.

Still, it wouldn't do to remind her of any of that, he knew. "Oh, Kite, but you..." But Owen responded then, though not very eloquently. Eljay looked at Phoebe as he suddenly heard her voice, who offered a more eloquent reply than either Owen or Eljay so far. Eljay knew he should step up, and he said: "We all have things we're really good at and things we're not so good at. Like, uhm... I'm really bad at ptero and I'm not very good at fighting. But everyone knows I do my best, so it's... So we... So all together, we're a pack, and we help each other find our strengths." Eljay smiled at Kite -- and the other pups -- hoping that they got some sort of positive message from what he said, even though eloquence had never been one of Eljay's strengths. Kite fell silent for now and Eljay moved in to nuzzle her cheek reassuringly.

since Kite is back at PPC, feel free to pp her if you want to. :) Nvm Kite is back! :D