Ouroboros Spine and down the road I'd go

Please skip him; I just want this in his thread log.

No matter how many times he saw it, Valiant was still faintly puzzled by how naturally Dutch could interact with other wolves. He wondered if he would ever feel the same comfort with Kukutux that his brother seemed to enjoy and couldn't imagine it. He still hoped so. The idea that she might rather have Dutch as a son-in-law would now plague him for the foreseeable future.

Still — he lingered in the conversation despite having little to say, glad to bask in the peaceful energy of two far less anxious individuals.