Phoenix Maplewood love as if you were a child

"Nonsense. We're family," said Sunspot, who was used to family she'd never heard of coming out of the woodwork. She didn't know exactly where Aditya fit into things, but he did clearly care for the daughters of Grayday. That was enough for Spot, and she assumed it would be enough for Aditya as well. She could see, however, a familiar withering to the male's countenance. It didn't suit him at all, but then, death and fires never had.

The woman came close, cuddling Kasatka between them. "We have a way of finding each other, don't we?" The words were spoken like a secret, and punctuated with a small, understanding smile. "Over mountains and oceans, and always in the nick of time. The world isn't quite as big as we make it out to be, and we are not quite so small." She gave Kasatka a kiss on the cheek and amended, "Well, some of us aren't."

She stepped back from the embrace, taking one last look at her niece. She looked so much like her own Saturnalia it was almost uncanny. The pair had made fast friends as well.