Wapun Meadow blood axe

"oh? why is that?" ancelin asked with genuine curiosity on the subject of towhee jr, though his chuckle was for the in law comment.
it warmed him to think that he and ameline were building a family of these wolves, brothers, uncles, sisters, cousins; it reminded him of the warmer days upon the rise.
and he did not think his mate, nor himself, would ever let it become that.
allowing silence for tvar to speak, he trotted slightly ahead, catching the trail of a squirrel and idly traipsing after it while he tilted an ear to listen.