Broken Antler Fen Dance

At first Eljay thought that maybe her saying she would attempt to survive winter first was a joke. However, it was clear from her face that she wasn't joking and so Eljay tucked back away whatever chuckle he might've prepared to throw out there. He knew that it could be rough out there, but he didn't expect someone young and with a pack to boot to kick the bucket. Was it a genuine worry? Or was it simply that she didn't like making plans?

Before Eljay could muster a new response — a question, perhaps, if she was genuinely worried to die — she said she didn't plan ahead much, and he nodded in response. It was an answer to his question, or at least halfway there: It was a possible explanation as to why she wanted to see if she survived winter first. Yeah, I guess, Eljay responded eventually, and he thought of his own departure — flight — from Redhawk Caldera. He'd thought he would raise his children there and that he would grow old there, with Maia, with the children. And instead, he had come here, and he had become Auspex because the rest of the pack wanted it so; a thing he thought unimaginable. It's true that you never know what life has in store. I do plan to keep you alive, though. Eljay grinned a little sheepishly as he said the words. Just in case it was interpreted as an indirect question or pressure for Lele to stay, Eljay quickly changed the subject by saying, So, what sort of things do you like to do for fun?