Great Bear Wilderness Reach for the dead

He had decided not to bother burying the she-wolf, yet nonetheless made a move to help Gunnar when the youth's rapid-fire questions arrested him. His lips parted as they flooded forth. It would be a miracle if he remembered to address them all.

"Sorry," he began, "but I have no idea what Crete made of you or why he left. He just disappeared without a word. I know that's not the answer you were hoping for. Know that I am just as bitter about it as you are." Peregrine's tail lashed, sensing a bit of an accusation in the latter questions. "I'm not sure what you mean. Why would I have sought you out? We share blood but we both just admitted we don't consider Crete your actual father. He was just a sperm donor. Therefore, we're not actually relatives. You are a... Low-brook or whatever, not a Redleaf-DiSarinno."