Despite her best efforts not to, she seemed to have flustered the young man yet again, though his tail gave a fidgety wag. Aideen's smile grew soft, her tail swaying in a low arc at her hocks. His anxiety baffled her, it was understandable for him to be a little nervous, but this level of discomfort told her clearly that something deeper was at play. This was not the time nor the place to talk about that though, and the leader made a mental note to ask Bella about her sons childhood, once they'd gotten to know each other a little better. For now she contended to treat Duckweed as she had been from the start, with the gentleness he so clearly required. A light chuckle lifted from her lips as the boy offered up his catch so insistently, her muzzle dipping towards his, copper eyes leveling with the dull grays. "Thank you Duck," she said in a low, warm voice, more than happy to accept his offer.

The smaller wolfess looked up briefly to meet her darker counterparts gaze, smiling brightly at the other mother. It was an odd, yet sweet feeling, to somehow be sharing in this wonder of parenthood with someone else, have it in common with a friend. Then their collective attention returned to the fish, and Aideen picked up the one she had been offered, nodding at Belladonna as she lifted her head. The main cache would do, give everyone a chance to taste the ambrosial treats that Duckweed had caught for them.

"No, I haven't found the right place just yet," She would explain later, as they enjoyed a casual chat over the delicate meal. She'd been scouring the thicket from center to border, looking for somewhere just right, but had yet to find the spot she sought; The point where a particularly stubborn blackberry bush had made its way into the denser forestry, from the fields beyond. But she would continue to look, she was determined to have her children born under the fragrant branches, like she herself had been.