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she corrects his assumption, telling him she has more diplomatic matters to attend. it makes sense, he supposes, though he really wouldn't know about that sort've stuff. despite being born to the alpha pair of easthollow he's spent a lot of time as an introvert and never really showing much interest in leadership despite his strong opinions of what a leader was supposed to do; but atausiq was selfish, as he's already admitted to leta.

admitting he had a problem was only one part of the equation. not willing to fix it was a whole issue in and of itself.

his attention is drawn from his wandering thoughts as she says about maybe seeing him on the way back. his tail gives a soft wag, a small lift of his chin at the consideration that she wants to see him again. yeah, he offers, allowing some of his eagerness to slip from the cracks of the cage he tries to hide it behind to look cool — not realizing it comes across as indifference. i'll be around. he promises, thinking that now he has something else to look forward to besides avoiding clover and the two women that took her under their wing and enjoyed making him the butt of their jokes.