It was at least some relief to hear that Ko'Srashi was capable of caring for Rhazii for the time being. In fact it sounded like she was more experienced than Fendros and Ahnasha were. Given how young she looked, Fendros could only speculate why Ko'Srashi's cub wasn't around now. The first thought was that she was a vampire, like others in the cult, but she also could have lost her child at some point. Given the sensitivity of that scenario, Fendros decided not to ask.

"Neither have we." Fendros said, now more comfortable with the fact that he was Rhazii's father and not afraid of social judgement about it. "We don't know exactly why, but he was born that way. Our best guess is that it's inherited."

The first part of Kaleeth's question was easy to confirm, but as she continued, all she said began to weigh down on his mind. Settling down somewhere stationary would mean separating from the pack. That was something Janius couldn't really fathom. What overwhelmed his own mind, though was having a child with Kaleeth. It wasn't the possibility of it; if they couldn't produce one, there was always adoption. Ahnasha and Fendros' child was technically an accident that they decided to go through with and it eventually worked out for them, but given the choice, Janius didn't feel a desire to do the same. He still felt too young, it was too soon. He couldn't be a father. His wanderlust had hardly died down since he travelled with the pack.

It was several nervous moments before Janius found the words. "The fighting will not last forever, I can promise that much. We'll see peace eventually." Janius looked down, wishing he had a better answer, "As for leaving the pack and having a child...I'm not sure I'm ready to think about that right now."