@Niq'x -> @Tyne -> @Blitz -> @Oula -> @Veho -> @Hocus ->
Apparently there was some confusion about the name. Hocus' expression remained excessively dry as, even with the threat of a physical altercation was fading, the melodrama increased. The wolves had some story about the ocean — he had seen it, not for him— and losing their sister. Well it very much appeared that there were a jolly lot of them: Pip-squeak, the colored eyes, the tresspassing brother, and then the reddish one that hadn't said anything. Like gophers. Hocus' sniffed. Their plight did sound an awful lot like his and Piety's. He could only hope Veho, while being gruff, would relent to the same offer he had given to Hocus.
The tresspasser gave some fluff about oaths and apologies and Hocus snorted, beginning to turn away. He figured it would all turn out happily: Pip would go with them or the ocean wolves join them. But he stiffened at Oula's acrid comments. This was the same sort of stonewall that had kept him from Piety. Even though clearly Pip-squeak wanted to be with her family, or at least protect them. They couldn't keep the sister here against her will. Green eyes slid lazily towards the ginger yearling underneath the brother. Surprisingly, she said nothing. Just wagged her tail and looked around at all of them. His eyes bulged: was she dumb or something?
In the end, Veho did extend the same offer to them. Hocus rolled his shoulders, feeling that things were definitely settled. "Well," he drawled in a half-sigh, "It looks as though I won't be needed. I'll be headed back." He tipped his head to both leaders and fully completed his turn, padding slowly back to the trees that were empty of his Piety.