Moonspear rise 'til we fall

It was nice to muse about their children. Charon admittedly did not expect any from Vela or Jarilo either; they were both still pretty youthful in the way they were. Yet he did feel the urge to further their genes and therefore he wondered if their daughters would choose to have children... or would they wait, like their mother, until they were queens and king of a mountain of their own? Amekaze mentioned Alya, and Charon was silent for a few seconds, his expression on thinking mode, until he said: Do you think she and that Nikai fellow will return after their trip to Easthollow? There was an edge of doubt to his voice. When she'd promised she would only visit and then return he had believed it but now that they were gone, Charon began to wonder if it was really plausible to expect her and her three-legged mate to live on this mountain. And was the guy even really worth his daughter? Charon felt robbed thinking of it, and thought Alya was making a huge mistake and could do far better, but honestly, he also knew it would only drive Alya away to tell her or him this to their faces.

As Ame mentioned the triplets rushing into things, Charon grinned. Well, luckily we have some good years on us yet, he said with a smirk. So there's no rush for them yet. Except that Charon really would have liked to see two generations of Ostrega children on the mountain this year. But his hopes weren't very high. He hadn't seen any prospective suitors yet himself (which, admittedly, was in part because he was too blind to see that wolves like Rian, Rannoch, Terance and Gannet had all carried some potential in that regard).

He also wondered.. I have an idea. What if we stepped down to Beta to make room for Hydra to lead? It will make her think of her own future and legacy more if she could step away from our shadow. It was a bold thought, perhaps, for they'd been Alphas on this mountain for as long as he remembered. But while proud to be Beta to his mother, Charon had not fully realised his potential until he'd met Amekaze and claimed Moonspear alongside her. Or encourage her to find her own... This he raised with a bit more doubt and thoughtfulness. Honestly, he thought that it would be better for Hydra to lead, but as soon as he raised it Charon also realised that he was not so sure he was ready to not be an Alpha himself. I'm not ready to retire yet or be in someone else's shadow. But neither do I want her to squander her potential by staying in mine. He frowned then, as he was basically thinking out loud at this point. There was no good solution, really; not one where some of them would need to compromise.