Blacktail Deer Plateau keep a brave face

to his pleasure, he saw sunny approach, looking friendly as ever. he gave him a flash of a grin before looking back toward the horizon. "hello, sunny," adi said amiably. "just doing my duty. keeping watch."

he looked over at the boy--curious that he called him a 'boy,' when dawn to him was a woman. the two siblings might look similar, but in terms of personality they were night and day. dawn was mature for her age, while sunny. . .  he wondered where their adolescent experiences had branched off, for them to have developed so differently.

"what's up with you?" he asked reciprocally, thinking it would be best to be kind to his brother-in-law, even if he was kind of a goofball. "i haven't seen you around, much."