Noctisardor Bypass Do you like it when I'm away?

Some of his nerves were calmed -- some; the stuttering lingered for now -- enough for his tucked-in tassel to slowly furl from his stomach and back behind him. The surprise that the man assumed to be warrior had experience in midwifery, his head nearly tilted up to look at him, but with caution, it stopped at his chest. He could vaguely make out more of the young woman who stood beside him at the corner of his eye -- who were they?

"Yes...Yes, of course.." He nodded softly in understanding, more or less to the mention of meeting the mothers of pups -- Mateo understood the wariness of mothers. It was a natural behavior he could work with when attempting to gain trust. 

His next question was met with a slower nod, but self-assured, nonetheless "I'll be able to work with that as well..." hunting should be an easy enough task -- he'd done in before in search of his own food, and to use the leftover hide as cloth to hold his herbs. Fighting was less of a skill since Mateo was more of the "Pacifist" type, but he was still a healthy adult man either way. He'd be able to hold his own when the time came.