Eros' heard Euna's voice calling for him, a wry smile coming over his dark lips as he continued forward. It seemed terror came in threes when litters were involved, but despite the troubles he knew about them getting into he still had quite the soft spot for all five of @Clover's brood in equal measures. He wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt, to be understanding of the fact that they were still learning and growing in many ways. Still, he no longer went out of his way to make things easier for them. She could catch up to him just fine without his waiting around or slowing down.

She did indeed reach him without issue, and he returned her boisterous greeting with his own little shoulder-shove. He didn't need to say anything, as usual Euna launched right into what it was she wanted. It was kind of a big question, definitely not as simple as she likely wanted.

"That's not all that being a leader is, kiddo," he started, a light chuckle framing the words, "it's a service role, too."

He doubted she wanted to hear much about that part of the job, though.

"First you gotta be grown. Then you could either earn your way up here, or somewhere else, or start your own pack."

Eros stopped at a tree and lifted himself up, standing on his hind legs as he scratched away at the bark, leaving a visual cue as well as his scent behind.

Undeterred, she continued with a bounty of questions. Eros stopped what he was doing entirely, thought clear in the gentle crimping of his brows. If she was serious, he would give her curiosity the respect of thorough consideration. After all, the Valles were on the way to developing a history of leading young. If he'd gotten to become a leader, why not Euna someday? He didn't have any reason to consider that her desire could ever be truly threatening, and any deficits she had were attributed to childhood. If she wanted to, Euna could put in the work to develop better coping skills and habits.

"Service means being available to others to help them with what they need. Doing things for others."

(Of course @Vayko's child didn't know the meaning of the word.)

"Think of Ma. She's the perfect example of service."

She would probably be here in place of him in this very conversation right now, if it hadn't been for the accident. A frown flickered over his face at the thought.

"So, leadership being a service role means you're there to help your pack mates just as much as they are there to help you. The reason a leader is in charge, is because the others have chosen to trust them. As a subordinate member, sometimes that means listening even if the reason behind a request isn't immediately clear, especially when there is danger."

He picked his words carefully, doing to his best to only plant good thoughts within her head.

"Any job you take in life is gonna have both boring and exciting parts. There's a lot in life that requires tolerance and patience, Euna."

She and her sister needed to start working on said skills now, but it wasn't his responsibility to drill that in. Her parents were supposed to be the ones reining them in, and with Clover incapacitated, Vayko should have been picking up the slack.

"When you become a year old, you and your siblings will become a part of the hierarchy, and can start finding your places amongst one another. Sometimes its just a matter of body language, sometimes its a discussion, and sometimes it turns into a tussle."

Was he covering everything? To Euna's credit, at least she listened to the hundreds of answers for her hundreds of questions.

"Tell you what. When I was your age, I was getting lessons from Ma for herbology, and from my Dad for fighting. I would like for you to think of two skills you think will help you be a good leader, and who you can ask to teach you them, and while you do that, I will think of something that you can be in charge of. Does that sound like a fair deal?"