Wheeling Gull Isle a warrior

tags for reference! edit. dating this for the morning of the 28th.

@Ying is gone. her scent trail leads out of the isle and does not loop back anywhere that atausiq can tell and he's been over the sands of the isle several times until the high tide rises and washes away any remaining trace. @huā is close — too close to giving birth. premature as paternal instincts may be; he has learned to trust them all the same. he hasn't asked his siren bride what she plans to do now that she is the sole leader and about to be a mother; a job that will take much of her time and attention for a while. atausiq can't help but think it's the absolute worst timing in the world — for all of it. for cubs. for her sister to not be the same and leave. a light rain had begun to fall; atausiq barely notices, thoughts too preoccupied with the mounting issues.