Blacktail Deer Plateau PACKTIVITY — Then the quiet explosion

Pura was so completely absorbed by the red little thing at Peregrine's side that Hawkeye and Saēna's displays of affection caught him off-guard. His sister's gentle head-butt was met by a soft, befuddled little "Buu?" and an awkwardly belated lick to one of her rust-red ears. Hawkeye offered him a gentle nuzzle, and Pura accepted, resting his head briefly against her shoulder before Peregrine took to the stand.

As he spoke, Pura's colourless eyes drifted to Fox again. He understood the importance of the Beta rank - Blue Willow had occupied it once, as had Atticus; wolves that had been with the pack since the pups' birth. To entrust this fiery strange with the job... The freckled boy could not explain his feelings, but there they were, burning in his stomach like a poorly chosen meal. The rest was as lost on him as it was the other pups; something about bondage and threesomes and Lasher, whose keen interest in Uncle Doopee still made Pura a little uncomfortable.

"His word is law!" Junior squeaked from center stage. Pura reached his muzzle forward to give his hero of a sister another wet kiss to the back of the head; Peregrine's bat-eared daughter had the capacity to be wildly annoying, but she was one of the Original Pieces, and Pura's world felt less scattered now that she was back where she belonged.