Moonspear Little lights

I’m going through and pruning Pie’s thread log a bit. Since this has sat for a few weeks and we have a more current one, I decided to slap an ending on it for us.

They grinned when Tikaani said their name so agreeably. Treepie let go of her, allowing the smaller child to move under her own power as they bustled past the den’s mouth into the little clearing outside of it.

Tiuttuk meant to take her all the way back to Sialuk’s ulaq with them, though of course the two mothers didn’t let that happen. The babes were allowed to play together in the pleasant spring air for a little while before the head said it was time to head home sans Tiki, who would be escorted back inside the den to rest with her mother and siblings.

Pie pouted for all of three seconds. Sialuk assured them they would return here soon, perhaps even the very next day. The little calico’s face brightened immediately. They looked trustingly into their mother’s face, then with a slightly wistful backward glance, they followed her home to their own ulaq.