Otatso Wetlands Traveling used to be fun

Nanook completed the hungry trio, but her sour mood distracted her from her grumbling belly. As much as she'd tried to force mama to go back, they'd only kept walking further and further from the Valley, until Nanook couldn't even smell the family they'd left behind anymore. Every step brought new urgency and a growing doubt that she'd find papa and Xan when she finally made mama see she had to get them to follow, too. Sesi and Desna sure weren't helping; as far as Nanook knew, she was alone in her endeavour, but that wasn't about to stop her now.

She left a visible gap between herself and her siblings, but fixed her family with a hard stare. She'd tried screaming and arguing, to no avail. So for the past hour, she'd turned to the silent treatment, and staring mama down in the hope she'd break her and they'd have to head back to the valley, where she Xan and papa had to be waiting.

Her ears twitched at the sound of new voices on the air, but she didn't turn her gaze to meet them. If she let her stare break now, she'd lose for sure, and they'd be stuck moving forward and further away. "No, they left papa and Xan behind." She raised her grumble loud enough for them to hear, whoever they were, and she kept her murkwater eyes fixed on Scarlett with an icy glare.