Dawnlark Plains Where the heart is

his outburst took aditya aback, but he knew that there was something more to this story besides sunny changing his mind on fire at the last moment. as the story progressed, his grin grew wider, and when aliac's name was finally dropped, adi gave sunny a nudge to the shoulder in excited congratulations, eyes sparkling.

"vah, kya baat hai! well done--i'm very happy for you," he exclaimed warmly, face suffused with happiness. "aliac is a sweet girl. you two are good together." his grin grew cheeky as he added, "i'm looking forward to pupsitting your litter, next spring." if he thought longer about it, he might have been dragged back down into a sour mood by the thought that he might not have his own litter next year, as planned.

but his joy for sunny overwhelmed his bad mood for now, and he continued to smile. "anything else interesting out there? did you. . .see any sign of easy, or lavender?" here his expression began to fade into something more resembling worry, as he thought of the missing sisters.