Moonspear teacher's pet

To him, still so new at pups, everything they did was worth a careful observation where he wasn't sure if it was more awe or confusion at them--and everything they did. He stayed very still, forelimbs-wise especially, as Saviguk hoisted himself over his legs, and Sialuk made a move to match it. He grinned at them as he watched, and did not want to be a shifting mountainside for them for them to practice on, after all.. but together, side by side, they were awfully precious. He had to marvel, once more of course, savoring the moment.

You'll have even bigger hills to climb one day soon, he said with a hushed voice, and breathed a gust of warm breath over their shoulders as he angled his neck to reach and to poke them gently--Sialuk first, then Saviguk, memorizing their scents, sharing his own with them in all regards. Jarilo didn't feel like he could have enough. So best to get all the practice you can, little ones.. he said fondly through their fine furs. Here, they were safe to tumble and learn with him to watch over them. After all, it was their blood to scale the heights (while at the same time, he knew they carried the heritage of the frozen seas from their mother as well--would that effect them one day?), he was sure they would be fine when the time came.

But for now, he was pretty sure their mom would appreciate him wearing them out a bit, so he pressed his forelegs together for more to climb over. He encouraged this with a few nudges, though left it ultimately up to them where they wandered to on him.. he'd let it be, happy for their attention and willingness to check him out, even if he surely wasn't as important to them as their mother was just yet--but he'd be there to make sure they learned too.. once they were a little older, and not nursing, of course. That gave Kukutux an advantage that he was not about to try to compete with, understandably enough (and he'd never grown out of being a momma's boy himself).