"Why?"
"Because if you were my age it would have been easier and less worrying for me. I would have taken your virtue before my departure left my claim on you, even marked you and all the males would have known just whom you belonged to. I knew with that face of yours as you matured into a juvenile, famished males would surely pursue you for a taste."
"It must have been arduous for you to leave a pup who was your female behind like that for the sake of her protection." I glimpse down at my feet chewing on my lower lip. I never had understood his reasons for leaving me at one point in time but after several conversations between us, the line of communication that once did not exist was brought to life.