Redtail Rise the premature burial

ooc; Sorry, guys. School was vicious. I'm back in it.

Ratio does glance up as the male moves away, sees the way he stands close to Avicus and the way she does not protest. He doesn't think much of it and stubbornly refuses to look at the chocolate-wrapped wolf, even as he declares that the fox was pregnant. 

That makes sense.

Ratio doesn't know much about pregnancy. It's possible he has pups somewhere, though incredibly unlikely. Not since...well, not for a long time. He was kept out of the dens in his old pack and he's never been interested in babies. Uncomfortable, feeling weird in his skin, and no longer interested in the situation, he is about to excuse himself when Avicus gives him an order.

His red eyes do rise, then, and he stares at his leader.

Kill them? Why him? He does allow himself a brief look at the brown male - a healer, maybe? He was called upon for his knowledge. The kits will die, very slowly, without their mother. This is mercy and after a few seconds of hesitation, he nods and leans down to easily crush the spines between his jaws. They fit in his mouth completely, teeth pricing lungs and belly in his effort to target their tiny backbones. He replaces each gently from where he'd picked it up when he is done. 

Finished, he looks quietly back at Avicus. If she was testing him, she will find him obedient, no matter what she asks. "Do you want me to bury them somewhere? To get rid of them?" he asks.