Moonspear our love belongs to the earth, our hearts to the stars

As seconds ticked and no reprimanding came, he came creeping steadily closer to his speckled sister's side but with a good measure of hesitation still keeping him on guard. Then, when their mother spoke, his lurking stance jolted upright with a little start and he was at attention. A certain sense of relief followed when he could barely make out of the gist of it.. and he had to bite back asking for more; against what he felt like, he kept quiet and nodded, although let Vela do the talking for now.

While listening, he squinted into the dark of the den, but couldn't see anything except maybe the waves of Amekaze's furs. He didn't find himself all too disappointed, though.. because what mattered was that they were all okay without him laying his eyes upon them right this second--no matter how excited about meeting new siblings he was. So, again he nodded more deeply at Vela and grew keen to follow her lead as she began to assume her guard, now determined to not be outshone. The gravity of the situation wasn't lost on him, and now with a new sort of relief, he wanted to look forward to whatever was next now.

Before he could pick up a post of his own, Charon returned and the boy wagged his tail quite merrily. Noticing his evident tiredness kept his reaction mild though, especially since had already been walking on eggshells over one half of his parental pair.. Still, he chuffed a happy note at his father, and trotted off a short distance (after one last long look at the den's doorway) to start the very important watch.