Iktome Plains You asked me how long

Funny that the only man who had chosen to take the offer had proven to be the biggest disappointment of all. Sobo didn't think it was possible to be disappointed in a man he had never met, but Njord... He had his father on a pedestal. He still did, even now, but by the day it became more and more clear to him that Njord did not feel the same way about him. He had a new family now, and his consolation prize sons and daughters were no more important to him than any other packmate. He had spared next to no time for them since the moment Meerkat arrived, not even enough time to introduce her himself.

Dey are disappointments, he agreed, his voice growing more scathing at the end than he intended. He flattened his dark ears down for a moment and continued on in silence. He could never be the kind of father that Njord was proving to be, the kind who proceeded blindly through life without a care for those who looked up to him. Never. It was a vow to himself and any child he ever sired. De ot'ers be lucky. Better to have no da.