Bearclaw Valley A Feast for All!

There was so much going on around him. There were faces he'd either never seen before, or only saw once. Any other child might have been interested by it all, but he could not bring himself to be. He was far from being shy, that was a given, but he just couldn't bring himself to actually want to try and converse with any of the others. They were strangers, and they were boring. When his father seemed to take interest in the new woman, though, he grew curious as well. He also caught the words she said, and though he did not know their meaning yet, he recognized them as belonging to the language his father was teaching him. The language of his dad's homeland. Did that mean this woman was from a far away place, too? Did she also have stories to share? Stories of ice and snow, as well as blubber-y creatures that he was told tasted good? He wanted to know, but didn't know how to go about asking. By the time he'd figured out how to, it was too late. The woman had been called away by the smelly wolf, which annoyed the boy greatly. He was always ruining the little albino's fun.

Without the other pale wolf to keep him distracted, Xan's attention was drawn back to his father. He turned just in time to see his sister getting closer to him, and a frown crossed through his features. The frown only deepened when his father hugged the girl. What was that all about? Then, it hit him. His dad must also be Nanook's dad. Then it got him thinking—maybe Desna was the only one who had a different dad. She didn't look anything like Kove, after all. Come to think of it, she didn't look like their mother, either. Maybe she was a mommy and daddy thief, a girl even worse than Leo. That irritated him to no end. She wasn't his sister, she was probably Leo's sister. Which meant he needed to now keep two other kids away from his parents, instead of just one. Huffing, he shot a glare in the direction of both the mommy-thieves, then looked at his dad as he felt himself being nudged. Despite the other children being so close to his mom, he was reluctant to go over. Sesi was there, so surely she would have caught on already and would protect their mom. Yeah, he was sure of that. Then he would protect his dad, and also maybe try to get Nanook away. They shared parents, yes, but that didn't mean he was about to let his sister steal the attention away when he wanted it.