It wasn’t a problem that Aster hadn’t seen Solstice yet, not to me at least, the thing I think that bothered me most was she passed judgement upon the girl before knowing her. That may be a sore spot with me only because of my upbringing. I think my mother let the idea how how I came to be permeate her thoughts of me. I feel perhaps some wolves felt that way. My father had no affect on me, and the only way it had was simply from what I learned about it and how it made me look at things now. That was not because I ever had any influence directly by him though, it was because of how others viewed me or the paths I was always set on to walk. Right now though I wanted to try and give her the real view of who Solstice was.

However, I was still recovering from my bug problem. Clearing my throat and trying to recover myself as I coughed out my first words Aster’s reply was far from helpful. My red and blue eyes set on her for a moment narrowing before shaking my head as I finished coughing until finally I seemed to recover. ”No. No! I’m okay.” I said Clearing my throat again, not willing to tell her what caused me to almost die in front of her. ”No plagues, just news about Solstice. I met with her like you asked, even made plans for us together holding a puppy gathering on the borders of Asteraia and Diveen. I figured that would be a good way for her to enjoy her summer.” I added lightly knowing that wasn’t at all what she wanted to hear about, though perhaps it might make her happier.

”Solstice has no romantic interest in Halcyon, at all, in fact I feel she adores the relationship that you and Halcyon have. She looks forward to you two having children someday.” I said with a little laugh, ”I think you should meet her, having a wolfess like that as your friend would prove to be invaluable.” I know none of that was probably what she expected to hear or wanted but it was the honest truth. Solstice was kind and respectful, she would never treat upon the lines that Aster had drawn and certainly didn’t need to be scorned for a bond she had no choice in having been created.