Ocean's Breath Plateau sistersun [m]

She crept from her den as thin and unkempt as she'd been upon her return. Marina could not find it in herself to eat nor sleep while her children remained missing. Her gaze was grateful on Chakliux and what he had brought, but for a moment she could not speak. She only settled near him, gathering her scrambled wits and trying to appear something more than what she was: a mess.

I'm leaving again soon, Marina said after a moment, voice low and a little hoarse from crying. My kids - She faltered. I have to find them. She sought understanding in his eyes; he was a father, surely he knew. Again she thought of them alone, afraid, hurt, and her paws trembled a little.