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"Of course you are brave," Ruenna countered softly. "You travelled an awfully long way to get the the Frosthawks-- probably twice as far as Sphyra and Tierra have ever been. That's very brave, in my eyes." Ruenna generally tried not to weigh the pups' achievements against one another, but Caracal was in real need of a pick-me-up. 

Ruenna swiped her tongue over the boy's face a few times-- he was a mess for sure, but she'd cleaned up far worse messes of his when he was a baby. 

"You absolutely can," she argued. Caracal was at an age where he could certainly be helpful, if that was his desire. "You can help take care of your sisters and cousins. You can look after our caches, or learn medicine from Fennec, or train in any other trade that you would like. Any way that you can find to help the pack will also help your mom. With all of us pulling together, we can make sure she doesn't run herself into the ground again." Ruenna would have to speak with Alyx a little more thoroughly before she truly understood the cause of Towhee's sickness, but she knew in her bones that the stress Towhee had been under hadn't helped things. 

"C'mon, let's get you settled in," Ruenna coaxed. Once Caracal was settled down, she would seek out his sisters to pass on the news to them.