As the female was talking to this pup that was on his own, they were joined by another female, this one too questioning why the male was on his own and if he realized that he was in danger. Valkyrie rolled her eyes, knowing that this other female was trying to scare him. Really he was safe in this pack, for the most part anyways. Any pack could have crazy vargs that would attack a pup, but for the most part, pack wolves looked after their own, even a pack with a reputation as Malignant Felicity had. The young brute did not seem too worried about her words though, not showing signs of fear or unease as he answered her question. “No, ma’am. My mother has been absent…Not that she isn’t a good mother. She just has been… busy is all.” It seemed that he and his mother did not have the best of relationships, but he did not want to talk badly of her. Valkyrie could understand that to a point, but what was the use of a mother if she was not there to look after him? To teach him how to behave and how to survive? It irritated her when other females, that clearly had no right being mothers, had that opportunity, yet it was stolen from her. Some would think she had become so mean and bitter after her daughter had been swept away from her, but that was not the case. She had always been an aggressive, angry, and hostile female, from the moment she was born. Her family did nothing to try and gentle her when she was young, so as she aged she only grew more annoyed and irritated with the world.

As Valkyrie realized that Drizzt’s mother was not doing her job, she thought back to what her plan had been with her own daughter, with Apollonia. Since Apollonia had run away from her, she had planned to take her daughter’s pups and steal them away as her own. Since losing her first litter, she had been barren, no matter how hard she tried to procreate, it had not happened again. And that just made her angrier. She could do a better job of raising this male than his own mother was doing. The warrioress kept her thoughts to herself though, just listening to him speak to both herself and to Elpis. Valkyrie did not remember this female from the pack meeting, but she was never one to pay attention to such things.

Once more Drizzt’s vocals reached her ears, and she found herself not growing bored when he spoke. For whatever reason it was easier for her to speak to pups and younger ones than it was to speak to adults. She was not often patient or understanding, but she could be slightly nicer to those that were not supposed to know better, though she did not think that age was a good excuse. Even if his mother did not care enough to watch over him, one would think that the father would. But Valkyrie knew from experience that males could be entirely useless when it came to raising pups, a mistake she would not make again. “Oh, Father wanted to look after me, but I could not just up and leave Mother alone. Family is very important, after all, and if one of us had not left with her she would have been… Alone…” She raised her brows to him, wondering how he could have made such a choice at such a young age. If the rest of his siblings were not here, was it because their mother did not want them or was it because the father insisted on keeping them? Really she did not care either way, it was not her family and not her problem or her business.

The other female then spoke up, addressing the pup but ignoring Valkyrie. "Well I'm going to hunt see you around Drizzt." And with that the female left, pursuing a hare into the trees. The female was not offended that she was not addressed, it was not as if she was trying to become best friends with the other adult. ”Well, I suppose if you feel that way towards your family it makes sense. But you would think that it was your mother that would not want to leave you alone, hm? At least that was my opinion when I had my own pups.” She was not sure what had made her mention her pups to him, it was not something that she often brought up to others, but it was already said and could not be taken back now. Besides, what could a little pup do with that information?

Table and Picture Credit to Mimi