Fox's Glade and who shall wear the starry crown?

After yet another exhausting day of travel, all that Anansi wanted to do was curl up and sleep when they reached the shadowy forest, even though it wasn't time for sleeping yet. When Maegi came to a sudden halt, the boy collapsed by the roots of the nearest tree, panting heavily in the thin mountainous air and drooping his head low over his paws. He was desperate to find Sobek so they could return home, and each day that they travelled on without finding him worse small, weak Anansi down and made him more desperate.

Which made him look harder as they walked, so it was fortunate in at least one way.

When he finally found his breath again, Anansi peered up at Maegi and asked, why did she help you? Shouldn't you only help your own? Maybe she would be disappointed to learn that her smallest son thought that way, but he was just naive and young, and felt more strongly for his family than anyone else in the world.