Blacktail Deer Plateau A dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.

As much as he wanted to be fawned over by his mother, something stopped that from happening. She leaned close and he sniffed at her with his own muzzle for a second or two, but upon learning that his sister was off scouting somewhere Reyes' attachment flickered and he drew back; Nieve would be home eventually and when she came, he would be ready to explain himself to her. The chance to talk about his ordeal with his mother was right here - he should take it, and let her fawn, let her in, to be the mother he knew she could be.

Yet he does not do this; instead, Reyes draws away with an uttered, I'll get a bite to eat then, be ready when she comes back.

With an absent-minded (somewhat childish) reservation, Reyes drifts from his mother's company and through the woods, heading to where he remembered some caches being so that he can fill his hungry belly. Whether he is successful or not, he appears to be quite focused and doesn't realize how cold his behavior might appear.