Wapun Meadow Emotions you don't understand upon viewing the sunset

Powerplaying Dadvik @Kavik & Zephyr with permission! ❤

Helios is skeptical. Of course, he trusts his father to lead them well, and never has the man ever proved the trust Helios has placed in him wrong. But it is the first time they have crossed Swiftcurrent Creek borders into the unknown.

They take many breaks. Kavik explains various questions Helios has about objects he's not seen prior, and the eldest child sticks close to @Zephyr. @Alessia having the troublesome duty of making sure none of them run off, which Lainie seems to have a knack for. The terrain is notably different out here than it is at home. Eventually, Helios decides it isn't as bad as he assumed.

At the age of three months, the raven boy has begun to show colors of gold across him. Undersides lightening from their initial dark, chocolate brown, to appear touched by the sun itself. Helios is not sure what to think of it, but his parents do not seem concerned. So he accepts it as it is. It does, however, hinder his ability to camouflage in the shadows as he once did. Now he stands out like a sore thumb, which is why it comes to a surprise when he hears the thrashing amongst the tall grass and wildflowers a few feet away from his resting point.

Popping out of the foliage is not a sibling, but a stranger. Helios rises to a sit, brushing against Zephyr's side as his silver sibling lays next to him. Lainie is the first to speak, having noticed the stranger from a different angle.

« Who are you? » French rolls off his tongue better the older he gets, and he remains expressionless—lacking aggression or pleasure in this turn of events. But Helios is certainly curious.