Stone Circle like a rollercoaster

Is she? Birk arched his eyebrows, intrigued by the fact that such a young leader had so many children and no mate by her side. He was a little old-fashioned in this sense, coming from a background, where pups found astray weren't adopted - they were killed or perished themselves. 

But his consciousness reminded his rational and practical part of the brain that Nikai was a very likeable fellow and that he had not met anyone in a long time, who could spark these sincere feelings in him. Therefore he obliged the young wolf's request to tell about his adventures (he would have not done the same for most people, because he did not like to be the source of entertainment), sat down and appeared to be deep in thoughts for a while. 

"Before I tell you - tell me, how much of the world have you seen?" he asked.