Emberwood old gods

The happy moment was quickly bowled over by Dauntless's harmless ribbing; Easy's breath caught in her chest and she cut her gaze quickly to the smallest of them and then quickly away when Lavender chose not to explain the real reason. That was fine; Easy wouldn't have wanted to talk about it either, she imagined.

"I was bringing Valiant back to Sunny," she explained, hoping to distract Dauntless from Lavender's less than enthusiastic reply. "He was one of the pipsqueaks running around while you were there. All white, with a grey mask and saddle, and speckles all up his legs like Dad's. You probably met him. But that's Sunny's kid -- and he and Dawn are both at Easthollow. It's a long story how they got separated, but they're back together now. And so are we!"

She was unambiguously delighted to be standing among her two littermates once more. She had only good memories of the two of them; they hadn't always gotten along, but those has just been the petty squabbles of youth.

"It's really good to see you again," she said warmly, looing between the two of them. "Do you think you'll stay here at the Emberwood with me and Lav? At least for a little while?"