Ranks and etiquette were momentarily forgotten. The pepper male looked at the white girl with nothing but love in his eyes --but not the kind of love given to a superior or a packmate. No. It was the kind of love and warmth that could only be given when a paternal figure laid eyes on its offspring.
The affection that had captivated the older male to follow the snowy girl into the creek made a thriumphant return into his system. He had lost touch with her when the whole Sunspire drama fell onto them, the thought of seeking comfort into the loneliness that had embraced him during his early knocked in his mind --but he didn't budge he could not leave the place that after the years had grown to be his home.
At the time she turned her face to him and whined a tired question he felt that connection spark up again. The bridges that had been burned during the past few weeks had now been restored with steel linings to endure it's stability. No matter what, Galileo would not leave.
Her question painted a bright smile in his aged face, "No it'd be long until that happens" he barked while casting his eyes as the young Sveijarn momentarily. "I know some full grown adults who still can't" he barked with a softer tone; the fire-furred ex-member of the creek popping into his mind.
