Ouroboros Spine sons of salt and sea

rhaegal waits as she rearranges and fluffs, ducking into her den — familiar to him — settling into a sphinx like position against a rabbit fur recently fluffed by his doewife.

despite that they were family now, he does not wish to continue to rely upon moonglow's hospitality, especially because he lingers in that strange purgatory of: part of their family but not part of their pack.

how soon do you wish tae be findin' the bay you dream of? rhaegal asks, not in an effort to deflect but because he recognizes he is taking her away from her home to start a wild adventure with him and he values her opinion in all things.

i was plannin' tae make a stop tae visit my uncle njord; introduce you tae him and his wife, meerkat. i think they live on ... moonspear? his howl was nae super detailed. a pause precedes the explanation, i guess they left sapphique a little while ago. somethin' went down before i began workin' on your bride price, the uncertainty in his tone is meant to communicate that rhaegal isn't sure of the details. and there was mention of a bear after i left. uncle njord implied might be naethin' left of sapphique. and even if there was, rhaegal had unwittingly cut ties with his lengthy stay away.