Bearclaw Valley and to do such a thing for such a being?

A pause then, as Evien considered his words. He'd never really considered Merrick to be capable of something like love, and the thought was bizarre and perhaps a bit cruel. But it was nice to know that he was able, and if he could love anyone, Evien was sure it would have been the dark female. 

"I... don't have a lot of experience in love." He had experience in almosts. Fields had been an almost. A could have been.. This, right here, was an almost, but not quite. "But I think, if you really loved her back then, you can still love her now. Even if things are different." Life changed and adjusted and you had to move with it, even if it was hard. "Does she know you love her?" he questioned, tipping his head to the side as he regarded the coywolf.