Moonspear meet the family

Outside, he knew of only vaguely. He knew where it was in relation to their cozy den, how he was deterred from investigating it at length, and now how his father spoke of it with excitement. As infectious as it was, the steely pup was content to go with the flow, blissfully unaware of this greater picture as he poked along behind his two paler sisters as they carved the path up and out in the world. Somehow, suddenly, it was the okay thing to do, so he did.

He settled back with a startled yip when his head practically spun at the sheer magnitude of this out here--right here, this whole time! All of it! So green and bright and warm, he looked up and around gave another quick start when he realized his father shooing Ran back in and away. Jarilo veered well out of the way of that with a new spurt of motion, darting forward a few more short body-lengths. into the relative open before the den. The realization of how foreign that felt was what stopped him. Nearby, he saw his mother looming and his pale sisters near too; he'd be alright.

His eyes were stuck wide, though. He couldn't stop looking at everything, overwhelmed and awed.