Moonspear hot air balloon

fits of laughter and coos erupted from his pudgy figure as mother pressed her maw against him. he lifted paws to clasp against her snout before retracting them to cover his face when the unfamiliar voices echoed outside the ulaq. he remained belly-up for a moment before rolling over, baby blues wide-eyed and curious to the guests that had come to visit them. 

acrux, for the extent of his short life, had been a happy and easy-going baby. and so it was in this nature that he babbled blissfully at the figure of meerkat, face lit with childish glee.