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Finally, some kind of reaction from him. It was still heavy with his usual apathy, but she would take it. She got to her feet with a shake of her fur and dipped her head in acceptance. Follow me, she offered quietly before turning and heading to the borders. She didn't say anything as they made their way to the start of one of her usual routes; she decided she wouldn't push it just yet. She was just glad to have gotten him to agree to do something other than mope around. She stopped eventually to mark a tree that grew right on the edge of their territory; she marked the same tree every time she patrolled this expanse of their borders. After another of silence, she glanced down at Stag. It has been quiet lately, she offered for no reason other than to say something. Who would have ever known that her own son could make her feel so uncomfortable with silence, and make her try so hard at pleasing someone else. She didn't mind either, though, willing to do anything for her children; it was a loyalty she only offered to them. Not even the General, who she was devastatingly in love with, would get such degree of loyalty from her.