Dawnlark Plains Here we go again

for personal ref. timing this to before dawn x adi
she answered her brother's summons silently, appearing before him haggard and worn. the night had been chaos; comforting Cat, looking after the young and the shell-shocked den mother, her own trip outside the borders to finally lament her grief, and Shale, and then Kasatka and the young again. the constant activity and exhaustion made the day even more unreal, and her head hung low on her shoulders as she finally sought out her brother and made her way towards him, mind too clouded to consider just why he'd called. 

she sought to come to terms with the anger, the challenge, and approached the last few yards with extra effort to bring her head up and seek out the angry gaze that suddenly seemed so familiar.