Redhawk Caldera I'm an Albatraoz

They walked along in a mutual if not entirely comfortable silence, until Saena piped up with a question. "Oh," Peregrine replied. In his excitement, he had forgotten to provide some of the necessary information up front. He smiled sheepishly. "There's three of them: Nightjar, a boy, and the girls, Wildfire and Raven. The latter looks just like Junior and Ty when they were little," he mused, the tenderness in his voice aimed not only at his youngest but his four eldest as well.

"Wait here," he instructed the yearling when they reached a small clearing about half a mile from the den. He then hastened toward the den site. How long had the pups been napping? It had been an hour, maybe a little more, he thought. When he stepped up to the door, he expected them to still be snoozing away. It was never a good idea to wake napping babes, yet he would if that's what it meant for Saena to meet them.

By a stroke of luck, they were awake, if still a little groggy. "Will you help me? I need to take them about half a mile from here. Their older sister is waiting to meet them," Peregrine said to @Elwood, scooping the closest pup (a yawning @Raven) toward the door and motioning for the rest of the party to follow. He then began the slow but thankfully short trek to where Saena waited for them.

"Saena, meet NJ, Wifi and Rave. Kids, this is your older sister, Saena. She's sort of a half-sister, since she only has half a tail," he joked, taking a step back to let the visitor interact with the pups. Seeing his grown child next to his babies warmed his heart. "Go on, Wifi, I swear she's nice," he said softly to the bashful middle child, who hung back slightly behind her siblings.

Nobody's safe from my power play! Tagging relevant folks so they know this took place. :)