Dragoncrest Cliffs don't forget to pick up what you sow

aw <3 if it gets lots of replies maybe we can go for short no-order rounds? tags are for reference and OFC invitation <3

a lot had changed in the last few weeks. his baby siblings were getting bigger and bolder. loko left them little treats by the den sometimes. a small hare ear for @Aminthe and a pretty feather for @Quennel.

@Meerkat had given birth. of his da, he gave nothing -- but one day meerkat would find little shells outside her den, collected the day he and meerkat had strolled down the beach. he was too shy to linger, but for @Swordfish, @Stingray and @Mercy loko had sourced a fresh hare. he did not know if puppies could even eat meat yet, and felt too stupid to ask - so that was left along with the shells before he scurried off.

he had not seen @Sobo in a few days, mostly because he'd spent the last few days trying (and failing) to hunt an injured doe he found down in the sound. he'd wanted to get his brother's opinion on the dark man that had arrived with a wolf their age last week -- @Indra III, wasn't it? maybe @Mireille was with sobo somewhere, discussing the loa or da's children.

picking now at a root that had scores of bitemarks on it, loko tugged at it despite how firmly it was wedged into the ground. maybe @Chacal would be up for some sparring later, but if he couldn't find anyone to pester, he would probably check in on @Coraline. doubts about his sister's health nagged at his mind and he took it out on the stub of root, grunting with each hefty tug as if by uprooting it himself, he might pull the rot from coraline's pelt and throw it down over the cliffs.