Jessie was doing everything she could for the pack. With the coyotes just recently gone, Jessie had increased her border patrols just to be on the lookout. The Rye Queen was just about to return to the Fields when she heard one of the children making noise from a pond nearby. Huffing softing, the woman trotted towards where the boy was, emerald eyes taking in the scene, eyes narrowing when she saw how close he was to the water. While Jessie always berated herself for being such a bad mother, she had always been highly over protective of children in general. When she called out to the boy, she did not mean to be stern, but her voice was hard, "Niko, what are you doing?" She walked closer, trying to examine the situation and determine if there was any danger here at all.

Once she confirmed that there was no danger in the vicinity, the woman was quick to turn her attention onto the pup. The pepper-and-salt colored woman felt a twinge of guilt at the shrunken in form of the tawny boy, knowing that she had unwillingly caused him a bit of anxiety. Jessie finally took a moment to observe what Nikolai was so tranfixed by, a bunch of red objects floating in the water. The Rye Queen had never seen them before and was immediately wary but would not deprive Niko of his fun. His suggestion was probably not the easiest method to retrieving the objects from the water, but she was not going to crush young minds from innovating.

The monochome woman nodded her head, agreeing with the tawny boy silently before speaking, "Alright. What's the stick of your choosing?" Emerald eyes scanned the surrounding area. The Tainn figured it would be easiest if she directed the stick in the water and the child bobbed for the red unknown objects.