Blacktail Deer Plateau Hibernation

I just assumed after this time they would have learned eachother's name one way or another :)

Val's tail tucked beneath his haunch when Blue turned to observe the young wolf, his bronze gaze fluttering away from her midsection with deference. Curiosity would not sway his instinct to submit even if the she-wolf was pleasant. The child was fettered with stunted confidence.

"Puppies?" the boy inquired with a purse of his lips. It had not been long since he was but an infant besides Njal and Tuwawi... childhood raucous with strife. Yet the more he pondered on Blue new arrivals the more questions piled up in his mind. Val realized there was much of the world he didn't understand. "When will they come? How many? What color will they be? Can I play with them? What are their names?" The Sveijarn drilled the expectant mother with questions, eyes wide with curiosity. "Will I be their brother?" His thin face turned towards the darker Beta, expression peppered with a brew of hope and grief. No... he only had one brother. Larus; who, as Valtyr had come to believe, was dead. There was no replacing the golden faced duskfire wolf... and immediately Valtyr felt guilt for suggesting it in the first place.