Dragoncrest Cliffs you’re my crystal and clover

Thought I’d keep this moving, though anyone’s welcome to pop in anytime! :)

Her two sons appeared in the den’s mouth. Swordfish lingered there, making doe eyes at his mother, who was distracted from returning his gaze when Stingray came tumbling outside with surprising speed. Meerkat laughed and pushed into a sit, reaching out a paw to steady him.

Good job, Ray! Meerkat praised, bending to snuffle at the the crop of golden tufts on his crown. You coming too? she said to Swordfish over his head. Where’s your sister? she asked both of them.

Before she could peek inside to see if Mercy simply needed to be woken—the young mother surely wouldn’t let her only daughter be left out of today’s fun—Meerkat looked over her shoulder in response to the sound of footfalls. She saw Chacal approaching the burrow, a rabbit tucked in her mouth.

It may have been a touch naive, yet Meerkat trusted almost everyone in Sapphique around her pups. She woofed to invite the leader closer, pleased for such an important wolf to show up on her children’s first foray out of doors. This was a milestone, after all, where they would begin truly integrating into the rest of the pack.

Chacal, it’s so good to see you, Meerkat said, eyes drifting to the two little boys, pausing on making formal introductions to give her pups an opportunity to react authentically to their visitor.