Broken Boulder i am still livin' with your ghost

He hurries @Korei Julia through gathering herbs with him and rushes them back to the territory, fearful for some reason of another encounter. Perhaps another sibling lurking — perhaps this time one of his, or someone from another packmate's past. It's all too much to handle right now, and he's starting to think he'll never leave the damn Sanctuary again.
Mostly, he's worried about Korei. Finally he's starting to process some of what he'd overheard, and it sounds intense — too intense for the fragile girl he's come to know. As they cross the borders, he casts a concerned glance over her, mouth still full of herbs, but it's only when they've dropped them off at his den that he speaks.
Are you okay? His tone is gentle, gaze full of affection and worry. It's easy to forget all the problems they've had in the face of all this tragedy — it's easy to want to rebuild what they had now that he's lost everything else; even his love is given selfishly.