Redhawk Caldera Lampshades on fire

As he patiently waited for the flow to subside, Peregrine's thoughts shifted to his pack mates. There was a handful he hadn't seen in a while. He hadn't seen hide nor hair of Siv in over a month, for instance, and he hadn't caught Tempest or Mikael around lately either. He frowned. Perhaps the pair of them had run off together...? He wouldn't have minded so much if they'd said something, especially the former. She had been vying for the honor of Caretaker. On that note, so was Ashton. January was almost over and he had yet to host a pack play session.

By the time he put his leg back down on the ground, Peregrine abruptly felt quite negative about everything. Elwood's cheerful greeting momentarily snapped him out of his funk and he looked up at the gray wolf with relief on his face. While some of his pack's members had dropped the ball lately, he knew he could always rely on a small core of his subordinates, including his Beta male. There was that chance that Elwood would still leave come spring but the Alpha was certain that he would give them notice, at least.

"Hey," he said, padding over to his co-leader and offering Elwood a brief smile. "What's up?"