Emberwood Walking and the sky keeps falling down

He chewed and pulled through the last of the animal. True to the nature of their kind, he was unable to savour the flavour of his catch, swallowing the majority of pieces whole. She brightened at the mention of Simmik, and he smiled as he chewed through a small bone, blinking slowly in agreement. Indeed, he would like to meet this fiery daughter that she had mentioned. Though the relationship was perhaps rather strained because she had left so early and hadn't returned to let her mother know she was okay fast enough, ambition in a young woman was a good feature. He also sort of secretly hoped that Takiyok's daughter didn't hate him the way that Stag seemed to, but that was a selfish aside.
As she stood, he watched her calmly. He swallowed the remainder of the bones and bits, and there was nothing left except some bits of fur. He swallowed again as she began to groom him. He laid still, a small, calm smile stuck on his features. These were the moments he most enjoyed. For some time, Taikon's time on his own had prevented him from being able to enjoy anything that looked like affection. His mother had never been affectionate.
A handful of women in his life had been allowed into his space. He breathed. Yes, I'm pretty sure of it, he began, continuing on. She is a wanderer, but she's heard a fair number of the stories from my life. Things I don't really tell people often. She's a good person, and I think she'd rather put herself at risk than bring harm to me. Taikon didn't think for a moment that Luna would try to wrong him, not even if she thought he had done something not great.
To be honest, he had no idea how she might react to Takiyok. The two had no reason to dislike one another. They both were honest, good-hearted women. Taikon knew from experience, however, that women could be weirdly competitive in ways he didn't always expect. Takiyok seemed too wise for that kind of shit, though. She is young. I suspect she will eventually join a pack, and perhaps want to have children at some point soon-ish. She's at that age, he said, gossiping a bit to pass the time. The way Luna had spoken the last time he'd seen her, it really seemed like that could potentially be something she wanted. He recalled her rolling about rather provocatively, though he knew she hadn't been directly flirting with him. Had he been a different, less broken person, he might have felt something of desire.