Dragoncrest Cliffs OUTSIDE!

Thibault hardly trailed from the den. Lately, however, and today of all days, he'd been wanting to far more. Ma was still safe, warm and snuggly-wuggly, but no more! Today, he was a MAN! He was a BIG boy! He stood before @Mireille, fur all in a puff and his toes teetering quickly in a stomp. "MAA!!"

"MA-MA!" he DEMANDED ma's attention! He was king, and she needed to fess up her soul to his calling now! How dare she not know what he wanted immediately!

Ma must learn. So, he tell her. LOUD!

thibault! he was treated to a flick of her red ears, and then mireille smiled. "what do you be wantin', baby boy?" she asked in a teasing voice.
val had gone for now; both for his absence and because of the young bear, she was on edge, and often looked up as if to see his figure approaching.
but for now, she only grinned at her son.

"SO ME BE WIT' DE SUN, MA!"

Thibault had not yet figured out why he was behaving this way entirely. Just that he felt like being extra noisy, so he did it! He did it, he did it, he did it, he did it! He'd also not considered exploring on his own, or that perhaps that was even an option for him. Miette did it. He..had not wanted to leave Ma's belly since he came out, and probably was convinced he could shove himself back up in there.

With staring, beady eyes, innocent as could be that did not fit the angry voice he tried to portray, "WE GO?"

"oui. we go into de sun, thibault."
her smile was quick and electric; she lifted her son from the hollow and descended with him, parting the way before his steps through the thorns; she drew aside a curtain of the briars and gently pushed thibault into the golden light and soft grass beyond, coming to stand beside him protectively. "dis be sapphique."

In the gentle jaws of his manman, he was lifted from the brush and warmth of a hollow, and into the warmth of light. His jaw clicked open, his eyes big and wide as his fur puffed to keep him warm! But the amazement dazzled within his gaze, and he could not maintain the gasp that rushed from his lips afterwards. Very little ago, he'd only seen such a thing with Val. He'd taken so small of it in.

And now, for the first time, where he could comprehend what he was seeing, with his guardian at his side, he saw the world. He didn't just see it, he saw it. He could feel it! His once cowered head stiffened up to a perk, and as his gaze tossed between manman and the world, he looked to her wondering if she saw it too!

"Manma'! You see?! Where be Sapeek, manma'!" 

"tout bagay sa yo," mireille told her talkative young son, enjoying his interest in the world beyond the tangle. she pointed; corsair beach, the great tree, bluepeace meadow, and over the way, the roja den.
"all dis, thibalt. all dis be sapphique, your home."
a smile wreathed her face, gilded as she looked upon her boy.

"HOME!"
For an inside voiced baby, he was shouting now. For all his little lungs could carry, he spoke with great might towards the world, tail high as he stood between his mama's front legs. He saw the world, their home, and it's beauty. Enchanted by the smell of sea salt- the springing birds and dancing grasses. Lullabies and warriors' tales roared.

A smile not on his lips, but in his words: in his mind.
It was he, his family. He understood now! Gasping, he looked up to his mama's jaw before looking back to the world. "We be gettin' more home?!" More! He wanted more of this! Not alone, no, but together. More home!

he was boisterous, loud, bounding into the land as if he had always been there. and as mireille watched him, she hoped he always would be here.
more home? "you be wantin' to see more, thibault?" she asked, padding to his side. "all right. we will go to bluepeace."
setting off slowly in the direction of the meadow, mireille allowed the boy to set their pace, grinning at his antics in spite of herself.

Too much! Too scary! He didn't know how to walk outside of her feet, when it came to the big open. So, he tried to shuffle between her feet as they walked again, but it would not take long for him to realize that he was not only getting too big, but that her legs were terrible barriers that kept trying to trip him. Evil maman legs!

So, he situated himself back to where she finally had them to begin with, side by side, in a high-stepped strut that took them forward. Of course, his attention was frequently up to her eyes. As far as he was concerned, he was walking fast...

But it was snail paced.

This would take a while.

"Mam- What buepeace! Me be needin' know all 'bout it! It blue meat?!" Blue.. Piece. Blue piece.

"bluepeace is where your tante chacal made her den an' had her babies. it be for all of us, mostly for de little ones. you an' your brother an' sisters an' cousins, oui?" she inhaled good salt in the crisp air.
"birds an' a lake, an' so much room to run! look," she said, gesturing to the approaching line of blue-green. "t'ere it be."