Honeycomb
She smiles. Puppies, how I love them.. "Lily is the sweetest little girl I have ever seen.. I love her." Honey said, she thinks she can see the cave entrance a little ways away. She hopes Buck will lead her instead somewhere where they could talk, but knows he must feed his growing pack.

Buck smiles. She must like him more than he thought. "Stay here I'll be back in a moment." He walks into the cave. "Hugo can you watch Lily? I have some more hunting to do." He lied.

Hugo wakes. "Yes sir- yawn- I will watch her." The dog named Buck leaves. "Lily breakfast!" The puppy comes tipping. She grabs a bird and tears into it.

Buck returns to Honey. "Let's find some where you can sit down at." He says with a smile, he leads her to a small stream, with wild flowers growing on the sides.

Honeycomb
Honey follows Buck, and sniffs at the stream. At first she feels a sting, but shakes it away. She is with Buck, she is safe. She looks into her reflection. She sees the chunk missing from her ear, her foggy right blind eye, her red stained muzzle from washing her bleeding paws. She dips her muzzle in the water to wash the blood away.

"I though you would like some alone time, you know to talk." He sits looking into the water. "We were talking of puppies, and Lily were we not?" He was having a harder time remembering things lately. "you said you loved puppies, have you ever been a mom? Or can you not remember..."

(The italics meant she was thinking, but this can happen :)

Honeycomb
"Oh.." Honey lays down, trying to remember. "It seems like I have looked after pups before but......" She whimpers. "If my nightmare was a memory... They were abandoned and drowning..they must have died." Honey covers her eyes with her tail, trying to forget. "I almost think I was better off not remembering"

Buck was left to comfort her. "Do you want pups? Pups of your own?" He again was thinking only of himself. He lays his head down. 'Your stupid Buck, your stupid.' He waits for her I yell at him for her to leave him, that was if she was.

Honeycomb
She has never communicated with another dog, and does not know better than to cuddle up to Buck. She is comforted, he is the only dog who has ever given her that emotion. She tries to think, did she want pups? Honey says, "I don't know...yes..I think so..but I don't know that I would be a good mother right now..or any time.." Honey sighs, "besides, I am so weak. I could not protect them."

Buck was shocked. She had said yes. What now? "I would be here to protect you." He whispers licking her face. He had never felt thus way about anyone, making this relationship special.

Honeycomb
Honey feels warm, she had never had her face licked before but she responded by nuzzling her muzzle into Buck's neck fur. "you would?" Honey is the calmest she has every been since the night before in the cave with all the other dogs. She breathes slowly, and her tail naturally slides around her to hold whatever warmth there was in.

"I promise I will, if you promise never to leave me." He struggles closer, careful not to hurt her paws. "So it is a yes then?"