He nods numbly as he looks at the colt. Despite the defect it seems the colt is healthy. He dares to step closer, his ear rotate atop his crown nervously.

"No, it is not easy... nor is it for the faint of heart," he nods but still keeps his glacial eyes focused on the nursing colt. He watches the colt closely, looking for any weakness... a hitch in his step, a falter in his movement, but finds nothing. "Bahadir?" he asks, but the name does not ring with familiarity.

"I trust that you will keep our son safe," he has created some enemies, and knows that his decisions will always be right on his heels. Another burden of being a territory leader. If he is not pissing someone off, he isn't doing it correctly.

"How have you been? he asks as he closes the distance between them. His glacial eyes search her deep pools of honey brown. Despite everything that is going on, he can take a moment just to be here and still in this moment.