Moonspear long in tooth and soul

arcturus listened with a canted ear, observing dirge's words -- which, to the young but not entirely oblivious ostrega, seemed pieced together rather carefully. while the answer was indirect, it was a response arcturus could live with. perhaps their hands were full with their current band of puppies -- or perhaps they were worried about the winter ahead. perhaps, it was simply too early to tell.

he nodded, glancing upon the ground with a quiet look. the topic shifted to nikai and arcturus spared a warm smile. "yes, nikai." he answered with a sway of his tail -- one could read easily from arcturus' shift in body language that he thought well of the wolf. "we've trained together in the past. unfortunate about his leg.. but he is no slouch. when i first met him, he wished to physically train on terrain so that when he came here, he would not be so indisposed."