Verse nodded sagely as Aleu spoke about starting now - he thought they likely still had plenty of time for such things but if keeping busy was going to make her feel better then he wasn't going to argue. Besides wasn't staying active good for the puppies and mother? He was pretty sure it was thoug telling her that would probably just start her off on another 'oh my god you think I'm fat' crying fest and he'd just gotten her to stop one of those...bet not to bring such things up again.

So he wisely just followed along after her into the woods, giving his opinion about where they might find something whenever she asked for it.