Wild Berry Meadow Cool kids never have the time

Spica was grateful that her brother repeated the name of the girl, just so she knew who to refer to this kind wolf who'd shared her food with them as if ever it was needed for the future. Not that she'd ever admit to that, of course. She continued to eat and then when Acheron paused his meal to ask her what she was doing out here anyway, she said: I was just explorin'. What business of his was this, anyway?!

When her brother asked if their mother knew about her leaving, Spica laughed. She comically mimicked what he said -- DoEs MoM kNoW yOu LeFt?! -- and then stuck out her tongue at him. I can do whatever I want, nobody's the boss of me! If mom wanted me to stay at home, then maybe mom shouldn't have moved us to Boring Plains. Of course, she wouldn't spin the story the same way when she would be explaining her whereabouts to actual mom later on.