Eivind worried that this would be the final nail in the coffin as far as Katherine was concerned. It didn't look good, not from a healthy human perspective. They've been forced to come partially clean when they'd shown up at their hotel room, Vincent in tow. Blue's scars had been visible and they claimed he'd been attacked by a wolf. That Eivind had saved him and taken him back to his cabin. Truth but not nearly half of it. He imagined it all seemed pretty rushed. Eivind took a seat at the table, Blue bringing him a heaping portion of stew. He was nearly back to consuming his usual amounts. His mother was regarding him seriously while everyone was eating. Eivind set his spoon down, contemplating a response to her word.<br/><br/>“We did get to know some things about one another, enough that I had some idea he liked to paint. He needed a distraction and I was going to put a finish on it anyway. I didn't really think he'd do<i>that</i>. I said do whatever, brought him a bunch of paint cans I had stored. I got to see him work his craft. I learned a lot about him then too and now I think it suits our home,” Eivind answered. He couldn't explain that they were mated though he realized he didn't need to. It was much more than an instinctual and chemical connection at that point. Blue hadn't simply accepted that they were supposed to be together.<br/><br/>“I wanted to get to know Blue. I wasn't very good at it, let me tell you. Your son was quick to point out my mistakes, and he set me right. We've come a long way in a short amount of time, I know.” At least by human standards. For a wolf, and for Eivind, it had been slower. Something more, and something they'd had to work towards.<br/><br/>“As for now, I want him to do what he enjoys and my home was.. very bland, before. I spent a lot of time out of it.” Really, it hadn't felt like home until Blue had invaded every corner of his space. “I don't live extravagantly. I had savings put away, and I wanted him to have what he needed. He's building a website here to showcase some of his art, and then he needed supplies to get back into school.” All perfectly reasonable expenses in his opinion.<br/><br/>“We probably won't go on some extravagant vacation for a long time but we'll have what we need,” Eivind said with a nod, taking a bite of the stew. Once he was back to proper function he'd need to get back to work so that they could recoup financially after everything.<br/><br/>“Why don't you show her, Blue? What you've been doing,” Eivind suggested, hoping that it would make more sense to her once he saw everything, rather than it just being something he used so he could continue sleeping with her son. He didn't do it simply to humor Blue, or just to keep him busy. He felt the projects were worthwhile, and while he couldn't offer much advice in regards to any of it, he knew that between Blue and Devin they could sort it out. He took two biscuits, hoping that was enough distraction so that Katherine's focus wasn't focused entirely on him. Or at least enough room for Blue to pipe in. Eivind was proud of what his mate had done and could do.<br/><br/>“It's good Blue,” Eivind complimented, though he hadn't complained either when Blue had tried to turn steaks into shoe leather. Eivind could cook simple things, meat being one of them, but he wasn't the most competent cook either. Being single for a good portion of his life he'd had to learn some basic recipes.