Wapun Meadow I need my friend

in the seconds that followed indra didn’t feel so bad for her mistruth; it wasn’t as if she was being malicious, she told herself — what she was to the apaata brood was complex and almost politically inappropriate for a child - how does one say ‘your dad had sex with a chick, drove her out by cheating on her with another woman and oh, yeah, i’m the one taking care of those kids’?

all of that was better left unsaid, and as Indra gazed into those wide yet soft red eyes, she felt vilified in her decision. it did touch her stonied heart to see such concern for nunataq— and for a moment she did look as if she were fretting; the puppies might be too young to understand the motive behind the move, but it indra hoped someday they might understand.

”nuna didn’t have time... it was very short notice, but she went with me - and the rest of bearclaw. we moved up there —“ indra swung her little muzzle in the direction the hollow lurked. ”if you want, I could bring nuna to come see you soon.” indra hoped that would be enough to placate the girl’s sadness - nunataq, after all, was still not so far.