Phoenix Maplewood The children are our future

@Meadow @Faye too maybe?

Sunny had taken to leadership well, busying himself with trying to formulate plans to survive the winter. He had finished marking the border with the scent of his claim and was checking on the status of the caches. They were fairly low in how much they held. It worried him that they didn't have very much food, he wondered if maybe finding a herd of deer and taking some down would be a good idea. This was thought hard on while he walked around the territory, the morning air crisp but not too chilled for once as the sun filtered through the trees.

Loneliness had become something the pale tawny girl had grown accustom to. It was something she didn't quite understand, for she didn't know much of anything else. Shale had died, and her mother seemed to have withdrawn from them all. The pack had slowly dwindled, and while she had her siblings, she still didn't see them often.

So when she saw the loping form of the silver male she only knew by name and status, she halted her moping pace, feeling a wave of apprehension at suddenly finding herself in a potential social circumstance. Her ears flattened to her fine skull as she felt her figure almost all but whither closer to the ground in nerves.

She didn't feel prepared for this, and her eyes darted to the ground, almost hoping the lead male wouldn't even notice her presence.

Unfortunately for Meadow he did notice her hunched down to the ground, more unfortunately not until he had nearly tripped over her. He gasped and stumbled back before he did actually fall on her and then noticed how frightened and uncomfortable she looked. Immediately he lowered himself down too and offered a wary smile, remembering that this was Pema and Shale's daughter. A cousin then, right? "Hey...it's alright. I'm Sunny...you're meadow right?" he spoke in a gentle tone, tail wagging behind him as he lowered his head his large adult frame making how he crouched down look goofy.