Blacktail Deer Plateau east will take me back

Her response should not have phased him, for it is all he would've given anyone at home.  Good.  As it stands, his mouth goes dry.  He is not so used to being on the receiving end of such conversation except for from his father.

He'd rather think of anything else.  He swallows and clears his throat.  Liri Tonrar, he says.  He's curious as to where she went and what could have possibly stolen the pack's beta from their ranks long enough for her to need to recover, but perhaps there would be a more appropriate time to ask.  

Would you like to accompany me on a patrol?  Or anything else, so long as he was doing something other than sitting here.  Unless you need to recover.