"Quentin.." Darrah repeated back. The masked youth nodded as if to confirm it. To the question that followed, another bob of his head was given. At this point, he supposed it could be that sort of relationship - teacher to pupil or master to apprentice - they just needed to actually get together and start. For a while now, Quentin was still assessing the surrounding areas and looking for certain plants that he could show Sahalie. Thus far the only plant of interest were a bunch of Douglas' thornapple shrubs... Douglas thornapple shrubs everywhere... Every so often, when he found the desire to start counting leaves or observing characteristics, he also discovered Black Nightshade, but there was very little he knew about the poisonous plant apart from leaving it well alone.

The prince and heir apologized then and Quentin shied away a bit. Truthfully, he did adore the girl, at least and at first, the way a doting cousin might whenever he came to visit from afar. He did think her pretty and kind and absolutely lovely, he just hadn't opened up to the idea of having her as a crush or anything of the like because she had seemed so young when they had first met. Besides, he was still that sort of chap who believed himself not-so-great or attractive (most especially with his Spring coat in plain sight with those unsightly circles around his eyes). So when Darrah seemed to approve of him teaching her, Quentin genuinely smiled. As for the part about wishing him luck in regards to helping the pack and keep it strong in the ways he knew how (participation, maintaining its health and well-being, and educating its whelps), a tilt of the head and a raised brow told him of his confusion.

"What d'ye mean by that?" he questioned. "I mean, I was aware somethin' wasn't right, that they needed help when I came along but Oak Tree Bend's got a lot of potential." In following Sahalie and his Leaders' footsteps day in and day out, he had soon come to realize just how many members currently inhabited the heavily forested place; by first impression, it seemed that most were busy and had their own agendas. What they were doing was none of Quentin's business until he figured that medication or something like aromatherapy was needed; and, with that being sorted out, he decided on his own that Sahalie's family were the sort of wolves who took care of themselves. "Unless you meant that nothin' will actually grow in a place like this... If ye ask me, this forest 'as quite a few leafy specimen. Even the smallest bit of sunshine 'elps."

The prince seemed to stumble on his words and Quentin immediately empathized; in fact, it drew the youth's acquaintance close to him in the sense that he would make the best of friends of Sahalie and her darker-coated brother. "O'course," his smile returned in light of being asked if he could be patient. Truth be told, if things continued to be this way, he was certain he would have patience abound. It wasn't like the wolves of Oak Tree Bend were always moaning and groaning about some ailment he possibly could not cure or constantly keeping an ear or an on him (that was basically @Sahalie's job).

When Darrah commented about the vegetation and the thrill that Sahalie's lessons promised, the aspiring herbalist nodded. He even chuckled about the mushroom part, even if he was not as familiar with the spongy, capped things as he would like. "Wouldn't even dare," he confided. To the compliment, he fought all urges to shy away and nodded as a form of gratitude; thus far, he owed the Tainns and their relations quite a bit. Not very many wolves, apart from his own family, saw the brilliance through his bumbling antics or half-stuttered words.

"And I you." Yes, settling into the pack for good, now that he had met Sahalie's older sibling, was going to be a whale of a time (not that he had ever seen a whale - some ginormous fish without scales - before). At long last, the sway in his downy tail picked up, "Say, d'ye wanna take a walk with me? Could prob'ly find Sahalie 'long th'way... or just stroll along? Still tryin' to see if I can find some practical plants an' some company would be nice."