Morningside Cuesta I've never veered starboard 'cause I've never sailed at all

Easy might've been a bit annoyed if she knew that their wailing didn't bother their father. The male was grinning as they bit and whinged and generally made a nuisance of themselves, as though there was no higher privilege than bearing witness to the three siblings gumming at each other's ears.

Luckily, the tiny babe had no idea. She squawked indignantly as Dauntless tried to consume her ear, and gave a shiver of displeasure when his warm, puppy breath wafted over her face. Daddy! she wailed, calling for rescue. But Daddy only brushed his muzzle soothingly over her back before attacking Dauntless with his tongue, trying to make the boy forget his hunger with another bath.

Easy continued to squawk as she belly-crawled away from the scene, burrowing herself into her father's fuzzy chest a few inches below where Lavender had taken refuge.

Please, just let us live 'til mama gets back!