The silver-shaded werewolf had mostly given up hope on his older sons; Zaets, Zorish, and Vlad were five years old now, and they would shove him away far quicker now than when they were young. His chance with them had passed—but maybe he still had the ghost of a chance. He was glad that at least he had Marika—she was not Zaets himself, but as his daughter, she was perhaps the closest he could get. “Mozher Nature? I know zhis idea. Is pretty one,” the Russian said, commenting on the idea of a maternal earth. “Ve say that zhe sea is domain of Stribog, but he is not father of anything. Maybe zhe feesh,” he said, laughing to himself. It would explain why they tasted so awful.
Their stroll was rather relaxing, and Rurik found himself peering about their surroundings as they went, always enjoying the fresh salty breeze and the coastal terrain here. They had some of the loveliest cliffs and beaches on this territory, and Rurik couldn't be happier. He turned toward Rikka in surprise at her next comment. “Never any ozher animals?” he asked, almost incredulous. He supposed he could understand not wishing a canine who treated them poorly to keep them anymore, but an outright ban on keeping them? He couldn't truly fathom it, and this perplexed him a moment.
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