Firefly Ravine Learning the ABC's

Swoop in the mother had, though, for she'd awoken no long before and had set out to find her wandering child. Sen hadn't needed to go very far before she'd spotted two dark forms, one being considerably smaller than the other. Chusi had escaped, and her first place to go to had been towards Zephyr. Great. The woman wasn't at all happy about that having happened, her mind having jumped almost instantly to how confusing that might be for her young mind. Though perhaps she did not yet understand the roles of a mother and a father, someday she would, and when that day arrived the serpent wished not to be forced to explain to her that the male was of no relation. That he was, to put it bluntly, no one to them. Simply a follower, a subordinate. He was beneath them, just the same as many others.

"Why do you feel the need to wander away?" the woman asked upon her approach, staring straight towards her daughter. "It's dangerous out here. Do you want to get hurt?" Or, perhaps, she wanted to be killed just as her sisters had been; at the thought of that, Sen had felt her fur bristle. "And you," she'd stated, looking then to Zephyr. "Why are you here? Are you trying to confuse her? Maybe take her away from me?" Sooner would she die than allow for him to do that.