Jade Fern Grove as dark as the fallen star

Kaskara settled in beside him and crouched, wanting to hide her dark fur in the underbrush of the grove. "Which direction?" Her eyes sparkled in the shade as she looked toward Pasha, wondering if he'd play along. Maybe they could spook the owl, or at least find where he was hiding in the boughs above. And in the meant time, she could get her mind off her missing family, the way she hadn't seen them in days, and the feeling that threatened to squeeze her heart out. Pasha was her family, too, and she knew he felt the loss as keenly as she did, if not more so. She nuzzled Pasha gently then, forgetting their owl-watching, and then settled back. She just wanted him to know that she loved him, and she would always take care of him.