Broken Antler Fen And I'm so sick of crying, yeah

Hymnal had no idea what was happening. She registered a few presences she didn't recognize, and she felt uneasy about it. But besides being more fussy than normal, she had no other way of expressing how she was feeling or why she was feeling that way.

Thankfully, dad had provided her with enough of a distraction that she had started to calm some. That and she could hear mom's soothing voice. She never knew what she was saying, but the tone always made her feel safe.

The front half of her body was perched on her father's front leg while she peered up at him with bleary, puppy blue eyes. Her vision wasn't the greatest, but she could make out the shapes that made up his blob of color. She squeaked a little, wanting his attention.