Broken Antler Fen loverlane

in short order, a couple of the kids arrived. "hi," teya stumbled, waving her tail in a friendly way. "yes!" the raven exclaimed to hymnal, happy to have found a natural segue into an icebreaker. she was just about to give some more details when diantha swept in.
she was not kind, and teya looked after her with ears perked curiously. "what wrong?" she asked, following after the pup who had lain down a short distance away. 
the raven was ill-equipped to deal with the fractiousness of childhood, but she was willing all the same to be their ally.