Broken Antler Fen half of my heart

As Tambourine mentioned Lele and Harps, Eljay wondered if they were still around somewhere. However, since Tambourine said that they were grown up and doing their own uh, 'thang', Eljay guessed that meant that they were no longer around their father. Maybe that was just what children did, grow up and leave, but Eljay still could not help but feel a pang of regret that Weejay was gone. Maybe he should ask Maia to escort him to the Frosthawks so they could catch up with her now, before...

That's nice, Eljay said with a soft smile. I have — Should he mention both, or only Weejay? — Two, but only one of them's... Eljay swallowed difficultly as he recalled searching endlessly for Elfie in the rubble, but never finding him. Only one's alive. She's visiting relatives right now. 'Visiting'. He hoped, anyway, that it would be only a visit. He hoped that maybe the prospect of having baby siblings would be enough to get her to come back with them, but he didn't want to get his own hopes up too much. He'd experienced on Elfie what it was like, after all, when children grew up. They wanted their own 'thangs', like Tambourine mentioned, and their own space. Maybe Weejay was just a bit of a late bloomer, but had gotten there after all...

It surprised Eljay to hear that Tambourine had never been mated, considering for Eljay, this was a pretty important part of having children. The surprise was visible on his face and palpable in his voice. Oh! But he didn't feel like it was his place to question Tambourine. Other wolves had different preferences than he and his family, he supposed. He couldn't help but think of Towhee briefly. Well, it's pretty recent, Eljay said softly, though he could not help but think of Wiffle — and however brief their love had been. I moved here a few weeks ago and then we made it official. But it's nice. It's nice to feel like you're planning for the future.