Cedar Sweep A step too far with unsure, clumsy feet

*hoards all the Sonia threads*

Although Sirius typically clung to Hemlock's side like a persistent and nagging flea, there were rare moments such as these where his curiosities would overpower his desire to protect his mother (read: make sure she didn't leave him). He'd found his first rabbit warren, and tried in vain to dig out one of its residents, but after half an hour he grew bored with the task and sought to return to the rendezvous site to be sure everyone in The Family remained. Wandering, he caught a fresh scent of Ceallach, alone and further out than ever before, so he chose to follow the trail to see what he might turn up. Because everyone seemed ironically preoccupied with Roarke's disappearance, no one else had seemed to notice this yet but him.

He found the boy past the borders, and began to gallop on ungainly limbs towards Ceallach when he at last spotted him. "Ceally!" he called, coming up to a skidding halt beside him. Searching for something wrong, he thrust his nose towards the remaining Fearghal boy and sought eagerly to snuffle him up. "What're you doin' all the way out here?"