Blacktail Deer Plateau The sound of my heart

But Blue was there, Saēna started to protest, but she stopped when Kisu pointed out that Saēna didn't know what Ty was feeling. The truth of that weighed on the young pup, who was old enough and smart enough to understand that maybe she had made a mistake. Maybe Tytonidae was flustered by Junior's passing, and needed to deal with it that way. Or maybe she was mad as a hatter. Saēna silently vowed that she would allow her dusky sister time to cope, but would bring the pain as Junior had to her if the strange female didn't stop her strange behaviour with time. This, she didn't divulge to Kisu.

Why did the others hit me so much? Why did nobody stop them but everybody stops me? she queried again, this time sans her sister. For her, it was a legitimate concern—it seemed that the adults were quick to claim it was "character building" when Junior used to thrash her, but the one time Saēna struck out in dominance, she was instantly berated. Though it had only happened once, the patchy child suspected it would happen again... And whether or not she acknowledged Kisu's claim to be her father as true, she was unwittingly looking to said father for the guidance she needed.