Dragoncrest Cliffs watch the masses fall

She looked to each sibling as they spoke, waiting to be able to understand.

Lafayette speaks words she does not yet know, then says that their mother is gone. Sobeille tells her to find a shell.

..Okay, if it will make 'er 'appy. Her words came out mumbled. Paws moved after a short moment to oblige.

Someone who was gone always came back. Seraphine was sure. She would find the prettiest shell, one worthy of her maman, one that each time those green eyes laid upon it, she would remember it was from her baby Séraphine and smile in the bright way that she always imagined her maman could.

Hopping over dirt and pulling shells stuck in the ground, she pushed the pain to the back of her mind to find the perfect gift for her maman.