Moonspear somebody else’s lake

The girls were at an age of rapid development. Each day their legs grew a little longer and that meant they could travel further and further from the rendezvous site. Njord and Meerkat often took them out on walkabouts, but these days their excursions became more practical. Hunting, stalking, tracking… the skills Orca and Seal would need to survive in the world beyond the familial pack, should they ever choose to leave.

Orca seemed to go through phases of sensible skepticism while her sister was unequivocally effervescent. Njord worried for Seal… who would be sure to learn that life wasn’t always so rosy.

Njord, who wasn’t far from his daughter, heard her call.

“What is it lass?” he asked with his good ear pitched forward.