Noctisardor Bypass 'lo there do i see my father

worripa had never quite grown into the newness of their den. skaigona embraced it wholeheartedly, pleased to be presented with two new playmates and sequoia's attentive, if hands-off, attitude toward motherliness.
she had not forgotten praimfaya, but in the way of very young children, the girl was easily distracted. so much so that less often did she search the perimeter of trees for her wayward mother.
it was only when her eyes alighted upon worripa and his retiring, almost sullen shyness, that skaigona was reminded with a gut-kick that they were missing some important part of themselves. today she watched her brother move quickly away, gaze growing worried as she realized it was not in play.
the spine-striped child dashed after him. "blodon!" she hissed, retaining enough of her mother's language to speak even in their mother's absence. "where go?"