Phoenix Maplewood love as if you were a child

Kasatka looked around, alarmed by her aunt's impending departure. "Can't you stay just for a little bit?" she begged, making big eyes and giving a tiny whimper to convey her sadness at the prospect of saying goodbye.

Sunspot could only see little Saturnalia. How could she deny her baby niece? "Okay, but just for a few days," she relented, shooting Aditya a look of understanding and sympathy. "I have my own little ones to get back to, and a husband who is probably already going spare trying to corral them on his own." Jarl had his brother and sister and Lavender, of course, but no one was quite the taskmaster that Sunspot was. They'd make due without her for a while longer, though. She would, at least, stay long enough to reconnect with them all.

"I'm sleepy," said Kasatka, resting her cheek against Aditya's chest once more. "Are River and 'Tide here?"