Luneshale Pass the colour of led

the moment leto arrives, soto turns over the pale puppy to its mother. he doesn't know what could cause such redness; his eye momentarily tracks the sun, wondering. es delos. algo no esta bien.

but the other one -- the fiesty one -- for a heart-stopping second he thinks he's killed him. the boy is just still. not moving.

his ears clamp to his skull instantly thereafter, as the boy sounds a piercing cry to rival a klaxon horn.

he looks to leto helplessly, a man well out of his element.