Big Salmon Lake Wishes come true, not free

"I appreciate it." And he truly did. Peregrine didn't need to be understanding about it, but he was, and Dante felt most of his tension fall away at that admittance. "I'm beginning to learn that," he responded with a small smile on the topic of balance. There were many things he was growing to love about leadership, but also many things he knew he would never be fully comfortable with. "It is good to hear that many have visited, I am glad." He had stressed the fact that they were free to do so and was happy to hear they were taking advantage of it. He was extremely surprised to hear that Saena had visited, but refrained from making special mention of it. Any issues that may or may not be resolved there was between father and daughter, not within his jurisdiction as Alpha. His only concern was with her safety and well being, and he did not see Peregrine as any sort of threat to that on neutral ground, whether or not she agreed.

"Both have grown a lot, and continue to surprise me." Though he felt they still had some growing to do, he was impressed with how far they had come in the past month or two. Saena especially. As a pup, he never would have guessed she would have turned out the way she had.

Then conversation, of course, turned to his other children, and Junior was the topic of choice. He nodded at Peregrine's suggestion that she went wandering. "She did leave, without any word or indication. She... was not fully recovered. We searched, but found no trace. Apparently she did not wish to tell anyone of her plans. She wasn't exactly happy with us at the time." But in this, Dante could feel no guilt. He did not see himself as doing her wrong, her departure without informing anyone an immature overreaction in his eyes. "For her actions against Blue's and my own wishes in kicking Finley out of our lands, I felt some sort of punishment necessary. So I proposed that she would occupy a low rank until the time came that Blue Willow and I felt she deserved raising. She did not take it well." If anyone would understand that, he felt Peregrine should, though again it was hard to tell how the father would react. "She is capable, though, and Blue's healing had taken some effect. I do not worry too much for her safety." There was nothing he could do for her now anyway.