User blog comment:HoundTheDestroyer93/Ask The Jaghunds/@comment-28358106-20180105174812/@comment-28358106-20180108015333

"Ooooh yes, I remember very well,"  Regina says, nodding. She doesn't smile, but her eyes show she has a sense of humor about the ordeal. "Thomas won't let me forget, because it was my idea that they stay with Sam and you.  It was something that the girls still talk about to this day.  That's how we know you've made an impression on them," she allows herself a little chuckle at the end.

"Then Marcus, why not just tell her?  Why don't you talk to her?  You don't need all of this---" she plicks at the hem of his leather overcoat letting it drop, "---to impress her, you know that.  I'm sure that part of the reason she acts the way she does is because she feels like you aren't leveling with her.  That's why she..." Her voice trails a bit, and she takes a breath. "...That's why she reacted the way she did when we talked to the girls about your past.  She was much madder at her father, but they talked through things.   She is still young, so she---"

She stops and looks up and past him. Marcus follows her gaze, and he sees Aegis coming in for the evening. She glides in and comes to a swooping stop about fifty feet away. Without looking up, she walks up to Regina, bumping her head against her in greeting.

"I'm back for a little while mom, but I have to go back and do night vigil.  One of the ewes got lost and Bree has to go find her before that storm rolls in tonight." She's speaking to her mother, but affords a short glance at Marcus before turning back somewhat stoically.