<span style="font-weight: bold">"Are you alright," Lucia asked him, with genuine concern. </span><br/><br/>"I really don't know," Thomas replied honestly. He did not know what to do; part of him simply wanted to crash. Ultimately Thomas decided to to find a seat near the wall of the cave and rest back against it. From his spot he kept an eye on everyone and the new pup till the others returned.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Aidan sets the cold unconscious male down, â€œWe have some company!â€ she calls out to the rest of the pack who are all in the cave at this point and time.</span><br/><br/>Not exactly words Thomas wanted to be hearing as more people meant more people to watch or incorporate into the pack... Plus injured, sick, or (like the pup) extremely new needed to be cared for a little until they could give back to the pack.<br/><br/>Thomas acknowledge their return but he could not really find the energy or even a clue on how to respond. Lucia's comment about not having to compete for mates stirred Thomas' mind a little. It was an issue and he did not have any answers. He did not even know who he wanted as a mate yet and his wolf half was not exactly helping as it was practically jumping all over the place. Sooner or later choices would be made... whether they wanted to or not.<br/><br/>Things seemed to be settling down for now though. Aidan was getting dinner set it appeared and Eryan came back from her area of the cave with one of her packs.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"Well I suppose I should figure out what to do with these as I had bought them to give out to everyone when I got back..." Eryan said softly as she began to pull out several wrapped boxes of gifts. "I had a present for all of the pack...but I suppose some of the gifts could go to...our new members..." her voice was soft as she sat there a moment looking down at the presents she had shopped long and hard for everyone. </span><br/><br/>Thomas came over to quietly and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. He gave it a gentle squeeze before kneeling down to look at her with supporting eyes. "Thank you, Eryan," was all he said as he slowly received his gift. There was more behind the words than the simple 'thank you', more emotion than actual words. It said 'I'm sorry', 'Stay strong', 'We're all here and we're all family', and more in the way it was expressed but unable to truly say it directly. With that, Thomas gave her shoulder one last pat before going to take a seat near the fire.