Lost Creek Hollow and it gets me down

a rustling in the underbrush drew terance from his thoughts, and his emerald gaze turned with his head to settle upon the figure of deshyr. she and her siblings had grown so much-- in just a few months they'd all be in the adult ranks. 

a pang of guilt struct terance in the chest. so would his children.

"dj," he chuffed amiably anyhow, repressing the feelings that stabbed at his heart, "i'm fine, just wishing i could see the stars." it wasn't a lie-- on either end. terance was fine, it would be unhealthy to not think about such heavy subjects. and he did really wish he could see the stars. his nose turned up again to look at the clouds, his tail swishing. "what are you doing?" he then asked, head turning back to her again. he shifted slightly, an offer to join him.