Dawnlark Plains bead fern

Wordlessly, he accepted the news, though his expression would speak loudly of his conflicted thoughts. Three dismissed- others to be ushered away soon, following Star Eater's birth. His gaze lifted after he'd processed the words, to question with a shimmering plea, only to fall a moment later. 

He'd not been consulted on any of this, forewarned, or involved in the process, and Sun Eater made it clear that he wouldn't be. Why was he kept aside, so far from the conflict? Was he actually the village idiot? His ears flicked back. At least he wasn't being sent away- though he had to wonder...Why had the others been dismissed?

Sun Eater began to murmur in prayer, leaving Ridgeback to wonder, silently. He turned in a tight circle at the base of the stone altair where his Chieftan lifted words to the skies, before he settled down to the earth. 

Ash Star had prayed, once. And look what good it had done for her.