Heron Lake Plateau born in the right country

It's now 2am so if this seems disjointed, I apologize, heh

However, the player is making the assumption that at least some of the whole, "No, we're totally not a thing," nonsense got back to Quixote, so he kind of blinked at them like asking what the hell changed.  Like hadn't it been kind of a joke?  And now it wasn't?

On the other hand, at least they were asking.  Even if he was kind of doing so in a weird way.  You know, unlike him and Raven last year, but that had set off that whole cascade that had ended up with them as leaders when neither of them wanted it, blah blah blah.  On the other hand, that wasn't going to be happening this year.  Permission not required, and he wasn't planning on stepping down.

Unsurprisingly, Towhee's word sounded like it meant a lot more to Phox, and he wasn't sure if they'd even respect a no.  But still.  As far as he could tell, it wasn't like it seemed like they'd put pups in danger?  Probably?  Camilla's behavior previously concerned him a little (what had happened to her?) but at least right now she seemed almost normal.  Kinda?  Maybe she wasn't as screwed up as she seemed.

Still, as long as Phox didn't go all snarlsnarl at him, Qui was willing to act reasonable and respectful. That didn't mean he wouldn't make jokey comments, though.  You'd think that if she liked pups so much she'd want some of her own... he mused, also assumedly still unaware of her extra bits of anatomy that very well might make that impossible if she tried.  Still.  You think you're ready for the responsibility and stuff though, yeah? I know it's cheesy as hell to ask and the pack exists to help if there are issues, but.  Shrug.  Had to be asked.  Even if the real answer was probably something about how nobody was ever ready, he wanted to know how much thought Phox had put into it.  It also, notably, wasn't a particularly committed answer.