Hushed Willows Shooting stars are not stars at all.

A voice called out to him, and Sundance regarded the cub who stammered with softened countenance. While he couldn't understand Dakota's open reluctance to join Elysium, he could appreciate that she might've faced a time of uncertainty that made new places and new faces an uncomfortable change for her.

He thought gently of Ariel, who was lost to them, and wondered inwardly if this pup and her sister had suffered loss in the way Sundance and his own siblings had. They'd arrived with only one parent, after all, while he himself was fortunate enough to have two mothers. This consideration was broken by distraction as Dorea stepped alongside him, and he blinked toward her curiously.

They looked so alike, yet differed entirely. Pastel gaze flitted from one sister to the other, before he asked of the first: "why leave?"