Sun Mote Copse Splintered

so ignorant was she to what had become of the Malkaria, what had become of them. she did not share in her mother's complex worries of fears, only felt nervousness, and a waryness of the shadows and of the monsters. though when her mother's words beckoned her from the den once more, the obeyed, for she most always did. hersteps were catious and exaggerated over the snow, which felt smooth and slippery in some places, whihc she was careful to avoid.

eventually she made it to the side of her mother without incident, and there she looked to her brother in unease, wanting him by her side before she begun her meal. When, and if, he oblidged, would she take part in the steaming meal before them, for in her stomach twisted a hunger now that a meal was presented.