Dimitri blinks. "He did what?" Well, that's something to learn. "Uh. No, actually, he uh. He and my aunt, they decided I was gonna marry one of his daughters. Without asking her. Or me. That... That was really gross, honestly. She was nice and all, but I don't... I don't want to marry someone who was told to marry me." Maybe had they met under different circumstances, he would have been with her now. But the whole "told she'd be marrying him" thing... Well, he couldn't trust that.

But Levi dead... "Is... Is Wardruna okay? I mean, I didn't want to marry her, but that doesn't mean I want her to get hurt." It wasn't her fault he would have never been able to see her as loving him. He'd always look at her and see that he's a means to an end for her, at the very best. She never would have wanted him for him.

Fiadh made a face at that, before snorting. What gives them the right, who you 'marry' ain't their business What she wanted to say, was fuck, but they were using the term marry so she would to, though in the end it was all the same thing really.

Now for Wardruna.... Haven't seen her 'round myself lately, she's alright though from the scents i catch on patrol. Fiadh hasn't gone and sought her out, and War hasn't done the same, beyond seeing the other woman at meetings and hunts... Think she's with some girl now though, the way they've been sittin' together whenever shit goes down, dunno who, probably someone new to here Frankly, as much as she liked the now eldest Stormborn in Northfall, her opinion of her has..well, gone downhill when she didn't fight for her own claim to her father's throne.

Enough of them though, how'd you handle all that?

Bad, probably, knowing him.

His ears flick back. "I uh. I almost left my family." The admittance sounds melodramatic the more he thinks on it. Leaving everyone because of it... Might have been a bit much. "I stopped talking to most people, and uh. Well. You know." He sighs. "I got my mind back during the fires. And I've... Made up with my mothers. But for a while, I thought about running."

Staring off for a moment, he wonders once more if it would have mattered. "It's like I've come back from the dead, honestly. I don't know how much time has passed without me."

Damn Fiadh replied, after he said he almost left his family. Honestly? Good for him, because she herself would have probably had a more violent reaction to getting ordered to mate with someone. Involving teeth, and the possible removal of body parts.

She listened as he spoke though, noting that he 'made up' with his mothers. Did your Ma's even approve of what your aunt set up? She questioned, making a face at the whole idea of it, and if they had? They're going on the shitlist. The ever growing list of wolves she wasn't a fan of, for imagined slights or not.

But hey, no time like the present huh? She gave him a bump with her head. Could still run away if ya wanted, i'd join ya on the adventure Fiadh offered as the idea came to her, she certainly wouldn't mind travelling with Dimitri after all.

"I didn't know at the start, but my aunt did it all behind Mama's back." Baffling to think about, honestly. "There's no way it would have happened if she knew. She was so angry when she figured it out, but. You know. It was still... I thought for a while she was in on it." He sighs. "I'm not really mad at Aunt Harper anymore, though. It's... It blew over. I don't have to think about it so much."

He pauses. "I guess that's why I'm coming to Ragnar's funeral. To put it behind me. To stop being so angry about it. I don't... think I'm going to leave Elysium, but." He gives her a glance. "I might not mind a journey or two in the spring. If you want to think about it then."

Ok, his mom is no longer in her shitlist, this Harper though? Right on it, Dimitri may be the forgiving type but she can be angry on his behalf, right? Fiadh probably can't do anything about it, and she's more than likely not going to interact with Harper....ever. But still!!

I'll take you on an adventure of a lifetime then She promised, her tail hitting the ground harder at the idea of a travel buddy. See what mischief we can get you into, I haven't gone too far past the Hoodlum territory, ya wanna see whats past them?

"That could be fun," he says after a moment, smiling. "I think my only hesitation is that the snow makes it hard to travel. And I'm decent at hunting, but yanno, it's easier with a pack." He pauses, remembering Fiadh's issues with Northfall. It's probably taboo to suggest this, but he'll put it on the table anyway.

"If you want to stay at Elysium until then, too... I mean, I think my family would worry less if they knew who I was going off with." Or perhaps they'd worry more once they got to know Fiadh-- not like Dimitri particularly cares.

You can say that again she misses hunting with the pack, those rare occasions they all got together to take down something big.... she'd been able to take down bigger prey on her own, but it wasn't the same, and took too damn long.

When he offers her to stay in Elysium though, she startled, pulling back slightly to look at his face better. To read him, or just surprised at herself of how much she was ok with that? Y'know, after the tourney I was gonna leave Northfall before it burns down under the pup's ass, see how life as an actual loner was without a pack holding me back, havin' to go back and check up on how shit's goin' and whatever

Fiadh of course, thought it would be easy, follow wherever her heart takes her, wherever her paws take her.

Might be nice to check out Elysium properly... she was back to leaning on him now. Your den big enough for the two of us? She could easily find her own, but gods she missed sharing.

Life as a loner... Dimitri's never experienced it, truly, but he's not sure he wants to. He's lonely these days, but knowing he could fix that by simply talking to someone outside his den...

Of course, Fiadh's asking to stay with him, and he hesitates for a moment. Would she truly want to see him all the time? She'd grow so bored of him quickly, he's pretty sure. If he doesn't scare her off with the fact that he's a host.

But then again, she's seen him in all his demonic fits...

"I suppose there's room," he says after a moment. "I do have my own..."

Great! 'settled then, I'll stay with you in Elysium til it's time to go off exploring There was a sense of finality to the words, now that they're out there, of leaving the place that had once been home for good.

If she were more of a sappy woman, she'd say the wolves that had made it home were long gone now but Fiadh was Fiadh.

Wanna stay in my den while you're in northfall then?

Her tail was hitting the ground harder the more she wagged it.