Blackfeather Woods my star has left me to take the bitter pill

He saw the shadow, and then beside him — a sharp word stabbing through the dark. He turned and looked around, startled, and managed to find the pale shape of Averna lunging for her sister. He had almost missed it because she'd approached on his bad side — but as the two siblings clashed, Mou slid out of the way. It was not his fight — it felt more like a trial between the pair of them, and he would not step in unless he had to. It curdled the blood in his veins to think about harm coming to either of them and he was not about to strike out against them. The boy chuffed, sounding an airy and rasping note through the air to garner their attention, but did not speak - rather, he frowned at both of them like a concerned older brother. What was going on?