Dogs are good at surviving on their own.
Kris's confident response rankled Rhyn. He leaned his back against a tree and faced his eldest surviving brother. "I promised Kiki I'd tell you something," he started.
What you need to focus on is surviving the next two weeks.
In November 1580 Ivan in a fit of ungovernable fury at some contradiction or reproach, struck his eldest surviving son Ivan, a prince of rare promise, whom he passionately loved, a blow which proved fatal.
Some notion of the personal appearance of Alexander may be got from the literature and the surviving monuments.