Hydra, too, despised the sun. With
@Alya and
@Lyra at her back, they made their way to their families den to loiter in the shade while simultaneously protecting the brood. They had lurked at the borders beforehand and all had been well; they passed by their father along the way, and knew it was well looked after.
The Beta noted her brother there, and the other cubs dozed as well. Hydra moved toward him, first, since he looked like the dead; but a wolfish grin came when she noted that he, too, faced what she and her sisters did. Hydra licked her chops, and moved past him toward the slow-moving waterbed nearby, not at all a danger to the cubs. It was shrouded in the shadows the trees nearby lent it, and Hydra moved into the trickling waters and lay upon it. Her sisters shifted to do the same, and Hydra placed her muzzle upon a foreleg and observed her siblings, content to laze for a brief time.
In moments, her shadow was there; he made it no mystery that he approached, and Hydra's eyes honed in on the very area he would arrive at. Her ears pricked forward as he tumbled downward, but Hydra did not worry over him; she was of the mind that validating any pain might only bring about his insistence for comfort, which she could not give. Shhh,
Hydra demanded, before gesturing to her side to invite him to join in the comforts the water provided. It was too hot to play at present; Hydra moved her head to lap at the trickling waters that came toward her.
It is best not to exert too much energy on days like these,
she informed her pupil. When the sun begins to go down, and it cools, it is better to do what must be done.
She placed her muzzle atop her forelegs again, blue eyes shifting toward the right, and her right ear turned, too—but the left remained toward him, attentive.
Hydra blinked as her brother launched himself into the waters with a yell that could hardly be called mighty. Though she appreciated the cool waters that came over her person as he decided to ignore her words in favor of seeing for himself. Hydra noted he moved toward the deeper part of the waters, but was not concerned in knowing her parents had secured a safe spot for this chapter of their cubs lives. No gaping crevices, or rushing waters, to cause any sudden disappearance. Hydra deigned to simply observe rather than partake, knowing from her own experience it was much too hot to join in presently. He seemed to be enjoying himself, and she supposed he ought to while he could.