Otter Creek Falling to pieces

Hearing Saēna talk frankly not only about Pied and her fate but their other parental figures as well put Junior at ease and certainly made her feel closer to her smaller, paler sibling. It also gave her the green light to speak freely too, which wasn't necessarily something she could or even wanted to do around other wolves. Despite their intense history as pups, Saēna had become one of Junior's favorites for sure. She could only hope it was mutual.

"Kisu was a deadbeat," she agreed. "Both he and mom were always so... emo. Dad was my favorite but..." It was her own fault for leaving first, though now Peregrine was equally culpable in their disenfranchisement. "He is a gigantic hypocrite. And why he loves Fox so much — enough to basically shit on everybody else he loves — is beyond me. What's so great about her anyway? She's not even pretty. And she has fleas!"

The news that Dante and Blue Willow had not immediately accepted Peregrine's endeavor caused Junior's lips to twist into a smug smirk. "Well, he should've at least taken them aside and talked to them instead of just throwing them under the bus like that. I mean, what if neither of them wanted to be an Alpha? I bet it's a lot harder to be an Alpha than a Beta. And Aunt Willow was an Alpha. She stepped down for a reason."

During their conversation, they had officially made their way to the start of the crags. Junior glanced up the slope, then peered at Saēna. "You know what would be fun? If we climbed up just a little ways and found, like, a little cave or something. We could camp out there for the night." And if her sister wanted to head back earlier than that, she could stake it out alone. Although she definitely intended to head to the plateau eventually, she wasn't in a rush.