As they walked he realized he wasn't sure why he told the pup to follow. He wasn't even sure why he had sought him out to begin with. His father's bastard was not his problem.
Looking over his shoulder at the pup, the child's big golden eyes staring up at him in awe, he couldn't help but feel something.
He knew it wasn't the child's fault for his anger, but the child was a reminder of everything that he wanted and lost.
He stopped "Tell this one, pup, can you scent water nearby?"