Dragoncrest Cliffs twilight stone

She could see that Astera felt bad, and that she cared for her cousins- and she hoped that this would simply be a time for her to learn, without massive repercussions. If she could save Astera from experiencing that level of loss and guilt, then she would. She too felt lightly guilty, having been the one who should have been keeping track of Sobeille to begin with. 

"It is OK this t-" She said, though before she could shepherd both of the young wolves out of the water, her niece dodged her thick limbs and pounced toward an approaching, dark wave. The water was sucked away from the shore, leaving behind a long streak of dark sand- and Suzu knew that that meant an even more fierce wave was approaching. 

"Miette no!" She shouted, and leapt above the curving wave as it raced toward the shore, splashing into the dark water, and paddling toward where she had seen Sobeille last. She held her breath and plugned her face beneath the surface to see if she could spot the child, but with the air bubbles and the rocks and sand and kelp, finding an earth-hued pup underwater might be impossible. The evening light was little help as well. 

She pulled her head out of the water and began to search the area for any sign that the child had bobbed up to the surface.