Ocean's Breath Plateau imiqtitchi

cameo, mb!! also making some assumptions abt cen's whereabouts, lmk if im wrong!!!

ghelan plays just outside the den with the shells and conches that marked a helpful path to it until he catches sight of an approaching, dark figure. they're big, and though he doesn't consider that everyone is big at his little height, the cub comes to a natural but exciting conclusion!
with a giddy but strange gait, he runs towards who he thinks is his aapa only to quickly realize his mistake upon closer inspection. this figure is a woman, and while pretty, she isn't who he was expecting.
his smile drops, his brows briefly furrow towards the stranger. the boy can only stand awkwardly with a small conch caught within the snares of baby teeth. watching as the strange woman approaches his home, he's left to linger when on earth aapa will return.