Sleepy Fox Hollow Rockabye [m]

Words spat from the child's mouth made him guffaw. What a little grump she was! Did she dream in those minutes of sleep? Did it enrapture her to no end? Must have with that sour attitude. Tatsuya could understand where she was coming from, though. He reigned in the snide remarks with a final quip.
INDENT“Goodness, you are testy,” Reclining, he wrapped his tail around his nether, focusing on that milk white eye. Auricles swiveled in their sockets, interest coloring his visage. Jagged scars pulled the skin tight there. A superficial trauma that has healed over nicely. And she had a spare, too; a histrionic lapis lazuli directed right at him. What? You're still mad over that? Child, you need to learn to let thin–That was when a breeze hummed inauspiciously through the trees, bringing with it a throng of odors. Potema was caught in the crossfire, distinguishing herself without words. The truth was alarming but he made gave no sign of it; internalizing the turmoil. Blackfeather Woods earned a quick glimpse, switching between Potema and her residence. What to do with this information...?
INDENT“Home beckons you.” A rather ominous statement, one that lacked the telltale grin of a mental case. Tatsuya could not bring himself to attack a child. She was exonerated in so far as the Caldera was concerned. Wildfire had escaped whole, but that did not vindicate Burke's misconduct. To bring her into this shit storm would make things worse, not better. Good thing he was not aligned with Redhawk Caldera else this unplanned meeting would be much, much darker.