[ Whatever Cato's testing him for, he seems to pass. Cato appreciates a guy who doesn't back down without a fight. He's less satisfied with the state of the hierarchy, but it's not a dire problem for now. He will learn it like a new member of a large pack, and if he has to he'll fight for his place in it. ]

A messy one, and one whose motives I don't understand. But their request is simple.

I do not like it but I think I owe them my life.

[ It hurt his pride, but it was nonetheless true. Cato owed them something and he'd repay it. If the way they wanted him to do that was to mate...

..Hold the phone. ]

What? They don't want children, then?

[ Hello, foreign concept! He squints at Setsuna, trying to understand and more than a little skeptical.]

And by that do you mean you don't seek a female?