Dragoncrest Cliffs High and dry

her mind is still full of sad buzzing from her brief stay with the girls and her short reunion with furi. remembering what mother had said to her when the breakup first happened -- keep yourself distracted, use your baby siblings -- she sets out to check in on the little squirts. the speed with which they grow is actually kind of alarming -- was it like this watching her and her brothers grow up to? (and then she remembers with a pang that mother wasn't here for most of that, and.. yeah. nope, think about something else.)

she spots kiwi and makes her way towards her with a little grin, taking advantage of whatever's distracting her baby sister to creep up on her until she leaps forward with a playful bark. oblivious to the robin that goes flying with blixen's sudden appearance (sorry kiwi), the redhead cheerfully greets her with a "'sup, kiddo?"