Noctisardor Bypass medgeda

Oh, to be a mother. Not only of her own children, but also Praimfaya. Where had she gone, anyway? And why? Sequoia did not know the other mother's reasoning for abandoning her children. The first time had not been by choice. But the second? That seemed too convenient to happen twice. Perhaps she just wasn't mother material, but Sequoia was glad to have Skaigona and Worripa around no matter the circumstances.

She had been following the trail of the former, eventually catching up to the sprite when she encountered the tree. The tree was one Sequoia had seen from afar a time or two, but this was the first time she had ever stepped so close to it.

A small cry then, so quiet she had thought it was only her imagination. But Skaigona's focus had been on it as well, and that was when she approached the girl.

What have you found? she whispered, motioning with her muzzle to where the sound had come from.