Redhawk Caldera you're always talking but you're not playing

Wraen declined, and Eljay nodded, secretly a little relieved. He wasn't a big star at catching small prey so he was quite glad that he wouldn't have to go out and catch more for Maia soon. Hopefully the pack'd bring down something a bit bigger so that he could share some of that, soon. Maybe he'd look up @Niamh later to catch something together; they had always been a rather efficient hunting duo and he enjoyed working together with her on these things. Eljay had always been much better at catching large prey than small things, but that also required other wolves.

Wraen went on to thank him for taking care of Maia. Eljay couldn't help but wonder if Maia had already told her, but he could only imagine... Probably? It was hard to imagine Maia not telling Wraen about it right away. He was glad to hear that she was happy she'd ended up here; he could imagine, after having purposely left the pack, that Wraen might not have been too happy about her sister ending up here — or mostly, having good reasons to want to be here more.

Ah, uh, it was no problem, Eljay said with a sheepish smile; he'd never been good at taking compliments, even now that he was beginning to realise that he maybe was competent at some things, such as caretaking. I'm... He thought of the past days and smiled a little as he felt butterflies dance in his stomach. I'm really glad that she ended up here of all places, too. There was something magical about Redhawk Caldera for Eljay, and this was only proof of it. He still hadn't completely put leaving out of the picture -- but if they did, then where would they live? he just didn't see himself as a wolf without a pack around him -- but at the same time, raising children not right here at the Blackthorn den made him a little sad, too, since it was his home and he really would like to give such a home to his children, too.

However, it was far too early to talk to Maia about children, and so he put the thoughts away again for now. Instead, unsure what Wraen had shared, Eljay decided to stay professional and just share her healing process with his friend. She seems to be healing well enough. The wounds have scabbed over and though it will take some time, I don't think there's any permanent damage. How about you? Are you feeling alright? Anything I can help with? He was ever the caretaker, after all, and now that she was here anyway he might as well check up on how his friend was doing.