Damned if he did and damned if he didn't it seemed. This had to be the wolf equivalent of shooting himself in the foot. What if Maera was right? What if he had said something and been banished? Would it have really been worth it then? Leotie was - or had been, hell if knew right now - important but nothing rivaled or matched the importance of his own child and wife. It would have been a hellacious life to live, he knew that much.

He wanted to fight back, argue his case more but it was pointless. The Rigel man was being stubborn and rather stupid. Perhaps she was seeing this all better because she was a bit of an outsider to the situation. He simply sighed, giving up on trying to make her see his fault. He couldn't say he was happy with the topic change but at least it was about something else. "We can do that." Kerberos spoke softly. "Triell and their children are here. That...that should help, right? And she has somewhere warm to sleep, well-fed too." His brows furrowed still feeling as if that wasn't enough even if it was all they could do.

"Perhaps we should head back now, relax for a bit before I pick up Lacey?" The tawny male mused softly, a weak smile tugging on his ebony lips.