Dragoncrest Cliffs Caught in the undertow.

there were so many family members now that mireille could almost be forgiven for overlooking the one that was not.
almost.
she devoted herself to babysitting for both her little siblings and meerkat alike, but today she found herself glibly free. the girl swept down to the water, remembered indra, and raced back up to tear a bouquet of sea-daisies into her mouth as a greeting present.
but as she came across the respite, the brilliant red of indra standing out against the earth, she saw that the girl was ripping up the petaled growths herself.
mireille dropped her burden and came closer with a wave of her tail. "nice not to be the only scarlet one around," she joked, though her eyes scanned the other for acceptance.