Moonspear bloodbound

attn @Mira & @Mintaka ! daughters day :') pp'ing @Vega and @Alya along too ;)

 

With @Lyra and @Dirge watching the boys, Hydra led the small group toward a nearby shallow stream in which she was certain her children, at this age, could endure. It was hours and hours of following it before it shifted into a more formidable thing, but here it was a quiet, trickling thing that danced over pebbles. The water, she estimated, would only reach their heels at this rate to start, and when wading deeper just reach their chest. The tug of the stream was so gentle that even on a stormy day, it did little more than cause her furs to stir and dance. It would be good practice to swim, and to see small fish too. 

More than that, to teach them to heed their surroundings. 

Listen to the world around you, Hydra drawled, everywhere you go. Nature will be the first to warn you when something is amiss, she reminded. Her cubs were beginning to learn how to speak and the like; it meant repitition until understanding could take root. And Hydra was tireless in ensuring her cubs were well-learned. @Vega and @Alya kept to the outskirts as the family walked, observing the perimeter, while Hydra walked slowly along. The spot was hardly far at all from where they rest night and day, and so not too arduos a journey for her little ones. Exciting nonetheless, she imagined, for them.