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Occult was awakened from his slumber when the deer they'd had for dinner last night was startled and fled on ghostly hooves, intrigued the pup struggled tohis feet, stepped over his siblings and trotted a bit behind his mother and sister - when his mother didn't immediately turn about and tell him to go back he figured he was allowed to follow. He'd learned fairly early on no to bother trying to trick his mother - she always seemed to know what he was up to.

It wasn't a particularly long trip to the pack's boarders but it was a quiet one as neither his mother nor his sister seemed inclined to talk much. That was fine with him really - Occult generally preferred to stay quiet anyways. In fact he hadn't actually spoken yet at all and there were bet's on th weather he even could. Occult wasn't inclined to let them know.

He was surprised however when they stopped in front of a sleeping male wolf. He was large and grey and had a peculiar dappling pattern that looked much like his sisters and his own, Edging closer he sat down beside his sibling.

Necromancer cracked open an eye as Yakut spoke lifting a head to regard not only her but the two pups as well. So the ghosts had not been leading him wrong this time around, wasn't that nice? 'We never lead you wrong..you just don't listen' came the uppity voice of his dam a remark which earned her both a glare and a snort of derision from Necro. He listened fine thank you very much..she jut babbled so incessantly that the important thing got lost in the fountain of uselessness that she spouted the rest of the time. Seemingly hurt by the train of his thoughts she gave Necro a wounded look...which he ignored as he got to his feet.

"I was told that I should come, and they badgered on about it so incessantly that I have" He confirmed with a slight nod.

Occult eyed the grey wolf before him, listened a his mother spoke with him and added a slight nod to his sisters greeting, it was nice to see another male who was special...it was hard to be a male in this pack with a gift and perhaps that was the reason he was often so quiet..as far as he was concerned it was better just to not draw the extra attention.

But he would listen..and he would learn.

"Perhaps so" Necro agreed as he looked upon the pups, he assumed there were more then was present by Yakut's words - other wise she wouldn't have pointed out that these two carried the curse..she would have simply said the pups or all of them..or some other such wording that would make it apparent.

'The girl more so then the boy I think' replied Necro's dam as she peered upon the pups in her ghostly form in much the same manner that Necro looked upon them in life. "So they confirm that it is indeed an inherited trait, unless of course the blood must be mixed with another who is touched in some way" He mused "Do you both see things that others do not?" He asked the pups

Necromancer took in the information given to him with a stoic silence - three normal to two cursed was not so very bad a ratio. Not that it truly mattered to him in any case...it was merely an interesting fact that he took note of. "A large enough litter then" He remarked with a glance to Yakut, perhaps within the litter she would find the successor she'd been looking for. 'Of course she will - can you not see the child is talented already?' Snapped his ghostly dam - a hint of pride in her tone that nearly made Necro snort in disdain. As if the dead wretch had anything to be proud of, nothing but a mistake that had lead to her death.

"Interesting, my mother was killed when I opened my eyes and thusly does she follow me around " He told the young pup, the similarity of her situation with his made enough sense that Necro was not surprised..but the male seeing the spirits of other animals was something new "You speak to the prey beasts?" He prompted the boy to speak up.

Occult regarded his father for a few moments, blinking silver eyes at him while he tried to decide if he wanted to answer or not. "Not speak with..merely see" He finally responded in a quiet but strong voice.It seemed Occult had been holding out on his family - he was not mute..merely quiet.

"Indeed..there there is still some similarities, perhaps one must have both the blood and the opportunity to be close to a death at a young age must be present for the curse to manifest" He pondered "Though that does not explain Occult..and in any case I expect the why does not matter so much in the long run" He stated with a nod at the young pup who spoke of her sister "we are all meant to die at some point, it is merely different times for different creatures"

Yakuts last statement however was what truly drew his attention and he eyed her for a few moments. He did not think he would be welcome in this pack of females..not with his oddities and his refusal to be owed by anyone ever again. 'do not sit here pondering it out yourself' His dam told him with a roll of her ghostly eyes. She was probably right - it would likely be far more simple to simply ask Yakut "How would such an education be accomplished?"

Necro merely blinked at Yakut. Was she suggesting what he thought she was? 'Of course she is Neccy dear! What a lovely thing for her to do!' Necro cast a quick glare in the direction of his mothers ghost as she cooed over the pups and once more use that oh so hated nickname.

Was everyone going mad? He couldn't look after pups! Hell he could hardly look after himself half the time what with the pull of death and his mothers ghostly lamentations ..it was enough to drive one nuts and adding pups to the mix would surely cause him to jump off a cliff somewhere. 'Did you like being alone with your curse?' His dam pointed out with a ghostly flash of fangs and Necro had to admit she did have a point - though this was entirely different situation, the pups weren't alone they had each other! 'And they know nothing between the two of them yet'

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"you just want the pups around' He finally muttered at his mother in a voice barely audible with a resigned sigh. Realizing suddenly that e had spent the better part of a few minutes having this silent conversation with his dam and he hurried to give Yakut an answer before she thought he was ignoring her "Very well....though it might take some time, for them to learn"

Occult wasn't sure what he thought of the track this conversation had taken - on one hand it might be nice to spend some time out and about..see the world that the prey animals told him about in their wild ramblings before they darted off and disappeared forever...but on the other well..this was still the only home he had ever known and the thought of leaving it behind was a bit...daunting. Especially with a wolf he barely knew!

Casting a gaze at his sister to see her response he was at least soothed by the fact that he wouldn't be going alone if the did indeed leave for a time...and it wouldn't be forever right? He sent a questioning look to his mother - though he expected she would only answer Oracle

Necromancer eyed the pups with a skeptical look..how on earth was he going to manage taking care of not one but two young pups when frankly..he knew nothing about pups, hell he didn't even know what 'nurturing' really meant..he'd never had parents remember? And his ghost mother hardly counted..she was little more then a badgering bag of wind most of the time.

"Do they uh...need anything special? Care wise? " He finally questioned jut to make sure because ghosts help him if anything were to happen to the pups while they were in his care.

Occult glanced between his sister to his mother..to his father and then back to his sister again as she spoke, adding a solemn nod, his mother didn't spend as much time with him as she did her sisters...but she did make sure he was well fed and warm which was more then could be said for some of the other male puppies in the pack. Still he was excited at the prospect of adventure and his tail thumped the ground a few times at the thought. Were they going to leave right now/ right away?

Well...that didn't sound to hard, surely he could contrive a way to keep them warm and fed had never been a problem for him, two pups wouldn't add much of a burden there..they were small, they couldn't eat that much. It would even be hard for them to get away with anything..ghosts didn't sleep and if nothing else his dam would make him aware of their movements for sure. She did so love sticking her nose into other wolves business after all - he couldn't imagine it would be any different with her own grandchildren.

Though he was well aware of the ghosts tendency to lead the living astray from time to time as well and nodded slightly."I don't think any of that will be much of a problem" He told her "And I shouldn't expect that we should be gone for longer then a few weeks...though there are thing which arise with age that may require further teachings down the line"