Bearclaw Valley Welcome to Rising Sun Valley, Brother.

His sister’s squirming and overall excitement caused the corner of Ezra’s lips to tug upward into a smile. Clary’s joy could easily be contagious which it made it difficult for the grayscale boy to remain as restrained as he’d like. He loosened up a bit and let a few swishes of his tail send snow flying in either direction as they waited.

It wasn’t long before their small group was greeted by a snowy stranger, a male who held an air of authority around him as he cast a glance down in Ezra’s direction. The boy didn’t offer much other than a few blinks and a smile towards the pale man before the attention was broken. Clary seemed to know him well enough seeing as how casually she addressed him. Ezra let his ears swivel forward to catch his sister’s words but his attention quickly shifted to the new company that had suddenly appeared. A female this time, far less intimidating in size but certainly much more interesting in the way she looked and carried herself. Ezra licked his lips as she approached, a toothy smile quickly on his face after she settled behind the strange man.

The attention shifted once again when his mother spoke, revealing the truth behind who the male was and the relation he held to them. Ezra had to wonder why Nanook hadn’t tagged along for the journey when everyone else, besides Steph, had come to greet this Xan. Ezra found his mind drifting further from the current conversation only to be startled back into reality when chunks of snow came hurling at him from all of Clary’s constantly wriggling. His brow furrowed as he studied the excitement his sister displayed, a knot forming in the pit of his stomach as he continued to watch. Was he supposed to be feeling that happy too?