The male stood beside the two females as the caretaker took hold of the pup and embraced her. Honey hued eyes looked downwards at the pair, and could not help but feel the emotions that had swept over the woman. He had no children, and did not know if he would ever be a father, but could not ignore the connection that the adoptive mother held with the pup. It was almost tangible, pushing his eyes away from the two and looking to the ground as if he had just spotted something that he shouldn't be looking at. He had held such a relationship for only a short time before their mother had been killed, and then running off with his siblings in search of their father. Now they were all gone as well, and Heath had been left to find a new family.
When the pup spoke his name Heath looked to her, not wanting to be blamed for pushing her towards running away. There was a surprised look on his face, but he recovered after a few seconds as his maturity and composure returned.
"This was a surprise, wasn't it?" Heath spoke with a little but of a hardening tone. Surprises were not always the best, just as this small adventure had been. He would rather go out with her, show what he might learn from the human's books and keep an eye on her as she worked with the sheep. The world was a dangerous one, even if she had stayed in the pack's boundaries. Still he was simply relieved that they had found her. The male began to walk back towards the stables. What her guardian wished to do with her as a punishment was no business of Heath's, trusting that her choice was for the best of the little pup.