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 ❝Antigone.❞ Arika, repeated his name, drawing out each syllable slowly.

She was relieved he had offered his name without any question from her. Company outside of her family was new, and it was probably increasingly apparent as the conversation, if it was one, had progressed. His steps forward were watched carefully as she sat in the same spot, her own head extending slightly to sniff at him.

Arika liked the color of his fur, it was different than the shades she'd become accustomed to. The red boy reminded her of the color of the leaves, she wondered if his family looked like him too, hers didn't so she had no idea what to think. She noticed his glances behind her, turning to look back at the den before back to him. Her family was probably sleeping.

❝I have brother and sister.❞ Arika said to him, wondering if that was what he was inquiring with his stare as she nodded her head towards her small home. ❝Mom in there too.❞

The girl was about to continue, but stopped herself. She did not know where her father was, or him.