instinct had been telling him that this time had come for quite some time. stubborn and fearful and still ignorant to the ways of parenthood, zephyr had put it off until he couldn't anymore. the boys were too big and full of far too much energy to keep them confined to the den any longer; it was time to introduce them to the rest of the pack, and let them roam more freely than they'd been allowed so far. not that zephyr had any intention of leaving them to their own devices.
still, his heart felt heavy as he told @Hyacinth of his plans and rounded up hermes and dionysus, leading them to the stretch of meadow that seemed to have been the source of @Erzulie's call when she had done this with her and @Rosalyn's children. he felt unsure, but the last thing he wanted to do was isolate his children from the pack for too long; he knew firsthand what sort of outcome one could expect from an isolated childhood. he lifted his muzzle to call out and announce that he was introducing his children to any wolves of sapphique who wanted to meet them, and that they would no longer be kept to their den but among the rest of the pack, and hoped desperately that he was doing this right.

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