She didn’t know what was wrong with him at first. She had no idea it was a mental issue but she didn’t care regardless. This pup needed her help no matter how large he was his gangly proportions told her he was just in his first year like the rest of her children were. Alone without his parents to watch over him. Yes, she let Zeltzin wander, but they were still mostly dependent on her to help them find food and have a nice warm place to stay at night. Zeltzin truly felt bad for him as he flailed around fending off attackers that she had yet to see. He was safe now, the forest was protecting him she would protect him from whatever dared touch him. Perhaps a certainly motherly possessiveness was settling into her already, but she had always been a more motherly figure and once angered it was like irritating a mother bear. Nothing was more terrifying than the power of a mother protecting her children and this was exceptionally the case with the tricolored fem.

She didn’t care as he shouted no at her. Zeltzin curled around him tightly and she could tell her soothing words did not reach him. He was strong even for a child, and she knew someday he might even outgrow and power her father, but it didn’t matter. Nothing did. She had no idea of his lineage, where he was from none of it and none of it mattered now as he kicked against her, her opening his wounds. She knew she might have a few bruises after this. She wasn’t a large wolfess by any means, taking much more after her mother in looks and in size. Zeltzin just tightened herself around him, trying to enclose him make sure he knew he was safe from whatever thing that was chasing him down and slowly he quieted his shouts and simply sobbed into her. She gave a soft, sad smile at him, licking some of the wounds on his body tenderly as to clean and soothe the pain that they might be causing him. If he let her later she would patch him up properly as a healer could and he desperately needed.

He spoke then her ears falling back against her head and a faintest of growls coming to her throat. ”If they come back they will have to get through me little one. I shall let no one hurt you so long as you are with me.” It was a promise. If she was there she would fight like hell to protect him from whoever did this to them. They… multiple wolves or other things had done this to him and if they did appear she would see that they were sent packing. Small as she was she was born to be a fighter like her mother and father and she could certainly be one if push came to shove. He continues speaking then and her frown deepens not sure what she can say to help him about that.

”I-I don’t know where she has gone, but how about this… once you are feeling better we can go look for them both together? Okay?” She says then resumes cleaning him softly. His leg was still twitching, but right now there was nothing she could do about it. She didn’t know what his condition was yet, but in time she would be able to help him control symptoms if she had too. She looked up seeing Zelda having followed her anyway. They would have to have a long talk about listening later… ”Zelda, be a dear and go back to the den, fetch my bag so we can patch him.” She says calmly. She lets him relax more before continuing on.

”What’s you name?” She hoped he would answer. Really she wanted to know the name of her new charge, temporary or not she didn’t know but for now she knew she would take care of him until she figured out where his real parents were.