<span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family:Open Sans">“You too, would be surprised,” Sig told Blue, his smirk telling, but he curbed any of the flirtation be might have added with it. Best not to press, because he could tell the other male was ready to get after him again at the slightest of provocations. His brows rose in surprise at the offer of the food.<br/>
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“I don't want to impose more than I already have,” he said, looking to Eivind in askance. He wasn't about to touch the food with the more domineering creature obviously taking claim to the encampment, along with the boy. That would be stupid and presumptuous, especially with it not being the others kill.<br/>
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“We have plenty. Take it and go,” Eivind told him, though Blue didn't make that nearly so simple. The other male was thin, not the sickly skinny of Blue when he'd first found him, but he had the wiry body of a scavenger. He was reminiscent of Eivind when he'd nearly starved after getting injured in his younger days.<br/>
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The young man coming to him, on the other hand, put him in a bit of a predicament. Eivind was stiff all down his body, and that wasn't lost on Sig. He wasn't sure if he should avoid the human, or if he'd take more offense if he did. Nervously, his eyes kept sweeping between the pair, but the young man was continuing their conversation. Sig just had to be careful to make it clear he wasn't challenging the larger male in any way.<br/>
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“I'm sorry for scaring you,” Sig told him, genuinely apologetic. “I really could smell you a good distance away.”<br/>
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“<i>Blue</i>,” Eivind growled, unsure what the fuck he was getting at, going back to him. He wasn't sorry.<br/>
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So now he had both their names, or at least a nickname, and a name to put with the face of the gruff male.<br/>
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“Blue, is it then, or is that only what he calls you?” Sig inquired, then thought a little more about his question. “Yes I have. Real mated pairs, you know, the way it goes naturally.” Clearly he believed that Blue and Eivind had decided to pair up, not that instinct was demanding it of them. No wolf would put themselves through that kind of torture to <i>wait</i>. It wasn't natural. He tilted his head a little bit to the side, trying not to look at Blue so much, but allowing him to get to where he wanted. His hands were planted firmly on the ground, and he didn't dare touch, or draw any closer than necessary.<br/>
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“Of course they were welcome. Everyone got on just as they were meant to. Those mated together, lived with their mates. I've met some wolves that chose to live with their human partner, outside of a pack entirely as well. It's not really as uncommon as you two might think, depending on the packs. It seems more prevalent in some, than in others. I don't see it so much in the states, but I have seen it, and I haven't really been here that long. Probably some genetic predisposition towards it,” Sig answered.<br/>
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“That doesn't make any sense. No one in my family ever mated with a human,” Eivind put in. Sig paused, looking to him in consideration.<br/>
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“You two mean to tell me you're mated in the traditional sense?” Sig clarified, a little surprised.<br/>
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“Yes,” Eivind answered, though that still didn't put rest to his speculation.<br/>
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“Well, your line may carry the genetic precursor, but some genes are not shown. They only appear when both parents carry the same gene, and then the child will be a shower. New blood might have drawn it out.” Sig waved his hand. “At least that's what this scientist was explaining that I'd been fucking. I didn't always pay attention to what she was saying, but it went something like that. You know the history of both of your parent's bloodlines?”<br/>
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“Well, no,” Eivind admitted, never really thinking of it that way before. “My father had the stronger bloodline. I just assumed that it would overpower her own.” Sig shook his head.<br/>
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“I don't think it works that way. Maybe ask your mother about her ancestors. That might answer some of your questions. I'm by no means an expert, just happy to share my worldly wisdom.”</span></span>