He's not one for seriousness. He could die, and he'd make a joke about it. He doesn't have a choice when Sablefrost kits. When they pluck her children from her side, and she's barely more than a shadow, too faint to even voice a whisper. When he threatens the city tom, there's no laughter in his eyes. He doesn't back away, grinning, to tell him he's only kidding. For once in his life, he finds he's deadly serious.