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As Reyes bristled, Eljay recoiled instinctively. He knew that he shouldn't, as Auspex. Knew he should stick up for himself. But Reyes seemed to be hurt, and he was a part of Brecheliant — a part of this family — and Eljay couldn't blame him. He was wounded, and that's why he responded that way. It looked like Reyes was pretty beat up, though as far as Eljay could see there weren't any deep, life-threatening wounds.

Can I look at your wounds, Reyes? asked the Auspex, not wanting to approach again if Reyes remained so tense. Then, he looked to Teya, who explained a story to him. It had many elements that Eljay knew little about: he vaguely recalled the wedding invitation that he didn't go to himself. He didn't really understand the concept of fruits to get drunk off, so that part was vague to Eljay.

The gist of it was, though, that Reyes had insulted both the male and female leader of the pack the wedding took place at. Then he had been hurt as a form of punishment. Eljay frowned thoughtfully. He hadn't ever been in a situation like this before as leader. After a moment he asked Teya, Are we, um, okay? With this pack? He didn't want to gloss over Reyes' hurt, but he honestly didn't really know what he could do about that. It sounded like he had done wrong and had been punished for it. However, Eljay wanted to inspect the wounds still; it could be that Reyes was hurt badly, in which case Eljay felt obligated to stick up for him. No matter the insult, no wolf deserved to be debilitated or scarred. Again, Eljay turned to look at Reyes and asked: Where does it hurt most? Are there any deep wounds? Can you, um, do everything alright? Walk? He just wanted to check up that nothing was wrong really badly (and if there was, so he could check up on that as the first thing).

Hymnal arrived then, with a piece of ice between her teeth. He smiled at her when she called out to him, and handed Teya a piece of ice. Clever, Eljay said with a soft smile to Hymnal and he nosed her cheek, before turning his attention back to Reyes, awaiting the answers to his questions.