Dawnlark Plains there is a crowd in here

AW! including a few tags for reference / those who might wanna hop in

Though River's encounter with @Aditya had helped him greatly, the once-bubbly Corten had still been rather withdrawn as of late. He spent much of his time with @Kasatka, entirely taken with his newfound role as Emotional Support Animal Brother. Sometimes it wore on him, but for the most part he was quite happy to devote his time to comforting his sister. It kept his mind off the absence of their father, in a way.
His sister was sleeping now, though, so he set off to find someone interesting to talk to; maybe his brother, @Eventide— or maybe Shale, who he hadn't seen in quite awhile. He was actually fairly oblivious to the new pups that had arrived. One of the cons of being a devoted brother; his elusiveness had absolutely nothing to do with any sort of grief. Those types of things didn't affect River at all.