Redhawk Caldera Curious and curiouser

God, he was so excited! He had figured out how to walk, he made it outside the den, apparently  even figured out how to summon mama properly! He wagged and wiggled,shoving his head into thebspace between her forelegs and licking sloppily at her chest. "Ahshhhide"he eloquently said,little body rigid with pride. What he had meant was "outside" but he still couldn't figure out how exactly speaking worked yet. 

Then came Cinder's crying  and he paused, looking back in the den and frowning. His lips quivered and he turned away from his mother, teetering much to quickly toward his brother and faceplanting in front of him. It had hurt but instead of complaining he wiggled closer and pushed his nose into Cinder's cheek, licking away his tears and making a low whine of shame. He hadn't meant to hurt his brother, sure the smaller grey potato blob was annoying and got in the way a lot but he was also adorable and quiet and sweet and he loved him just as much as he loved momma and daddy. Maybe even more.