Bitterroot Valley subterranean homesick blues

eyes tear from their earth kissed company when she notices the concern to flicker within that viridescent gaze as it focuses upon the diffident figure crouched beside her. brows knit together as she blinks down at alsek, patronized by that too dry burn to her eyes as she watched the tears silently wet his cheeks. in one fluid movement she'd moved to crouch beside him so that they no longer loomed above him with those foreboding expressions bearing down on him. trying to soften her features somewhat, she'd nudge him very lightly and whisper "hey it's okay, look at the way the flowers are dancing. they wouldn't dance with such joy if something was wrong" such lies, she wondered how many she'd been fed as a child to cheer her up or just shut her up. for the whole meadow could bleed with the loss of lives and those scintillating flowers would continue their unabashed, frivolous dance. she wonders if her papa had ever gotten to gaze upon these very flowers before he'd died. 

eyes drag back to look up at the boy, a challenging gleam chasing back the shadows. 'what happened'. that is all it is to them, an unfortunate event in history. she wishes to launch herself from the ground and scream that her papa is NOT just a hapless episode that happened to be a blow to their pack. he does not belong to them, that chapter of his life is so miniscule and despite her fondness for the sibling by her side, she wishes to yell that SHE is his real child. they think because he happened to draw his last breath in their pack that suddenly they have rights to him and his kin? her chin tips up proudly despite her lowered position amongst the grass as she declares "i am his sister" a careless statement considering she'd held it tight from even alsek himself but this irrational need to spark shock into this stranger roiled within her. momentarily captured by the need to shift the crushing blame from her shoulders and onto someone else, deeming his pack and therefore him know it alls that thought they suddenly owned her own family because of their involvement in her papa's fate. 

but does alsek even wish to stay with her? if a littermate remains within those cursed borders and she could not continue to play pretend forever, to keep them on this little gest . she would have to return home eventually, and sooner rather than later, she knew nothing of the pup situation there. would valette take him in? could she? despite the unwavering tip to that chin and the sharp press to mismatched eyes, her shoulders sagged a little as reality took a dig.