Hushed Willows Boob Physics? Get A Real Life, America

i had most of a post written and then i lost it >(

by now he really should just leave the other puppies alone. he's fine just sticking with ibby after all even if she's been a little tempermental lately, and eleuthera and seamus are fine too (he thinks of them as siblings, just not siblings he's super close with). but something makes him want to try and... make mali and brilliance at least see he isn't their enemy -- he's a good boy! he wants them to be happy!

it's something to do anyway. and okeanos is curious. he doesn't know much of what happened, only that for a little while brilliance and the other one he never talked to, solomon, were gone, and now brilliance is back. the boy thinks its a little unfair how much worse the other litter has had it, comparatively. sure okeanos and ibby and his lot were put through chaos in their moving, and he misses papa as much as anyone, but he's still got his mamas and no one yells at him or nothin'. brilliance and mali just seem so sad, he thinks, underneath their bluster.

so when he sees aforementioned spotted girl, okeanos does the not-so-smart thing and beelines for her. already he is beginning to dwarf the other children, taking after his papa in size, but he still slows and lowers himself a little warily as he approaches, as if expecting her to try and take a bite out of him. despite this he makes his voice cheerful as he talks: "hi brilly, what are you doin'?"