Sawtooth Spire here goes the cold water

That Sita cowered next to him only illicited the boy to growl louder, as if threatening the sky to even think about harming his brother. It was the first time he had displayed a protective nature towards any of them, though his growls quieted as Ping nudged each of them in turn. His small tongue ran against the fox-boy's cheek before he left the pair to go eat.

Eat! Food was good and he also knew, however vaguely, that Sitamat was a big fan of eating. Nudging his brother off of his butt and towards the food. Walking forward a couple steps, he looked back to Sitamat and whuffed softly, only lightly flinching this time as another roil of thunder sounded overhead.