Redsand Canyon ostium

no posting order!

the children were young. no adults had moved to speak. but @Jack Snipe surged to nip and @Leona let out a bright sound.

valiria was not pleased. her eyes spoke as much, as did the burble in her throat. she was finely raised, he decided. and that was a credit to he and ruenna. but the others were younger.

the imperator cleared his throat quite loudly and looked down at the pair with a firm glance. he did not think their actions warranted discipline, nor did he think he was the one to mete it even if it had. but they were not so young that they could not begin to comprehend the gravity of a pack meeting.

one day soon these two would come to the arena. and there the imperator would set them to rights.

and perhaps another day valiria herself might be a commanding officer.

the notion pleased him.

he nodded at @Killdeer in recognition.

"if you will stay," he said of the children and their parents, "i want to show you the sparring grounds." perhaps having good rich red earth beneath their paws might unlock something in their little heads, as it had done for cornelius. 

to the others, germanicus waved his plume. "you are dismissed. the remainder of the day may be spent at leisure," he told the soldiers, who by now understood that leisure still included patrols.