Redtail Rise Beartooth

Before he could explain, the Wealda arrived on the scene. Masquerade turned their red face toward their mother, tail low and sweeping side to side as they reached to touch their muzzle to her jaw. The Caru then took a figurative step to the side, ears twitching at Tulimaq’s eventual reply but saying nothing further on the matter of his prodigal return.

Their hackles prickled a little when Avicus accepted the man only begrudgingly. There was a history there, for certain, and not an entirely good one. Perhaps the Wealda resented him for leaving the rise… but so many had come and gone, Masque thought it was a waste of effort to hold grudges. The thought of holding something like that against nearly half their own family exhausted the Caru.

The group began to break up and head their separate ways. Masque licked their mother’s chin, rumbled a note to Augur, and afforded Tulimaq a last, impassive glance. Then they loped away in search of their younger brother.