Sunbeam Lair An old friend on your doorstep

It is when the call crosses the borders that Ukko lifts his head, searching for Asterr nearby. She becomes alert just as quickly and he bumps her shoulder, encouraging her to stay put. If he’s to be her second, he’s going to need to pull his weight around their lands. Their. It sounds weird but he doesn’t linger on it for long. Instead, he insists that he goes to the borders—alone—to investigate the stranger.

Ukko doesn’t quite have the lay of the land memories yet so it takes longer than he anticipates. He spends most of his time by Asterr’s side that exploring doesn’t come often, so he brushes it off to face the others. It doesn’t surprise him that others had beaten him to it and he nods his head to Menta, with a slight smile, and to the other male he doesn’t recognize—he hadn’t been there when he’d arrived home with Asterr—before looking past them to see a wolf that seems vaguely family.

Dark, orange eyes narrow slightly, breaking into the crowd with a higher posture—head high, tail arched over his back—and then it registers. Desna.

Desna!

His posture softens then and he smiles, wagging his tail as he lets it all sink in.

“Look who's all grown up.”