Gaved wasn't patrolling, but neither did he feel like slopping around the den chewing mint and getting in Stygg and Dalla's fur. They were always bustling around looking busy, even if they weren't doing very much. It was a female thing. So, Gaved was going for a stroll, looking for something to do that didn't involve eating mint or getting into a bruising brawl, neither of which sounded terribly appealing. Not when he had a date with Dalla to look forward to.
Gaved had heard about Thorgrim's arrangement for Tallskog. When he saw his son approaching him wearing a troubled look, Gaved had a pretty good idea of what was up.
Well. This would be interesting. And difficult. Raising the cubs hadn't been too bad. You basically just had to keep them from killing themselves doing something stupid for the first bit. After that there was just teaching them to fight, or in the case of the girls, terrorizing the young male lions away from them until they could fend for themselves. Gaved really hadn't had many sticky parenting situations until now.
He squared his shoulders to match the younger lion marching towards him and met Tallskog with a very stern look on his face. He remembered complaining to Thorgrim about marrying Dalla, and tried to channel that stern old lion. "You're marrying her and that's final," Gaved growled, fixing Tallskog with his most Thorgrim-like stare.