Sun Mote Copse twilight

Eljay felt a little overwhelmed with having to explain things, feeling a bit put on the spot and forced into a position his subconscious definitely didn't want to be. He wanted to just lay here and forget he existed, crawl away and hide from the world untill everything stopped hurting. He didn't want to be asked things and explain things. He didn't want to be reminded of how poorly a job he was doing being the pack's anything, let alone the one who knew all about puppy stuff.

It didn't deter Bronco from asking him more things though, which at least gave him a tiny bit of confidence that he wasn't doing a totally shit job at answering the questions. Learning to hunt takes really long and it's a gradual process. When they start going outside you can help them by playing with them, and helping them hunt small stuff like insects or sticks or a small wounded animal at first.

At Bronco's next question, Eljay blinked, clearly caught off-guard. I.. He thought about himself, and thought No. Not really, no. But maybe they would like guys who were both cool and could take care of kids? Wait, how did he get here? Was Bronco really asking him for.. relationship advice?

Is there someone you like? asked Eljay, his words careful because he didn't want to step on any toes here by figuring out what this question was really about. I think it differs a lot per girl, so uhm, that's why I wondered if it was any specific girl you were talking about.