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Heph nodded at his assessment. She trusted herself, Chakliux, and Iiana to work well together, she had hunted with both. But the added help in keeping track of the herds would be useful, she was far more used to following her curiosity and in the prevous hunt Rodyn had called them with the trail already found. "We can certainly do that, and would appreciate a tracker." But her mind did not linger long on the practicalities.

The other wolf's unease made her feel slighlty less awkward, at the very least she was not alone in the feeling and that was somewhat comforting. She felt a wry stab of childish petulance at the beating in her chest and the pit opening up in her stomach. His laugh incited a slight smile tugging at the corner of her own lips.

She hesitated over how to answer the question, first to bring to the surface the memories. It felt like a lifetime ago the laughter and the anticipation and the desire to see where it all went. When she had told Moonwoman that she would like to meet Phox in autumn or winter she had thought she would be free to galivant about and seek him out as she blazed trails to drag Samani and Rodyn's children out on adventures or bring back exotic horns and antlers for them to play with as she taught them games and let them beat her soundly.

Heph managed to fix her gaze somewhere near his shoulder and cheek, not quite able to flicker her eyes towards his. "She told me what she knew of your errr family. Mostly a wolf named Towhee. That you have several children, and helped raise more, although you're not currently... with anyone." That part of the story had been vague, but she was fairly sure that Moonwoman had intimated somehow that Heph would not have other wives to contend with. She had assumed that meant that any partings had been a loss far enough faded he was open to searching again or that they had been amicable or at the very least that he had severed ties.

She thought back, recalling with more clarity. "She ahhh told me what you looked like and that you're a fine tracker of herds and the stars."