Sawtooth Spire Paper Hearts

Even with Sitamat and Atuaserk's...encouragement, the fox cub refused to join them in the water. The youngest gave another yip as his brother retreated up the bank and settled down to groom himself. The eldest was having none of it, racing forward as soon as he was able. Sitamat was not in such of a hurry, acknowledging his father and his words with a wiggle of his tail as soon as he let go of it. Even though he didn't understand much of what Iqniq had said, his actions conveyed his desires enough.

It didn't stop Atuaserk, though.

In an effort to stop his brother from terrorising the poor Pingasut any further, Sitamat grabbed a mouthful of water just as their father had done and stumbled forward. Scrambling up the bank behind the monstrous first-born, he tried to dump the slobbery mouthful of water onto him in an attempt to distract him. Unfortunately, the boy was not quite coordinated yet. He slipped on a stray tail and tumbled into the fox, spilling the contents in his jaws over his brother — the wrong brother.