Blacktail Deer Plateau PACKTIVITY — Then the quiet explosion

Saēna kept her eyes fixed on the newcomer, the bright red female at her adoptive father's side, until Amelie slid up beside her and greeted her. Though they hadn't spent much time together one on one, Saēna was intimately familiar with Amelie and shot the dark juvenile a bright smile. “Hi, Amelie!” she chirruped, forgetting all about the red-haired Fox who broke the dark monotony of their group. “How're you?” She had picked up on the formality of conversation easily, and took any chance she could get to display her prowess.

Others filtered in, some familiar and some not. Pura stood behind her, towering over her tiny form but earning an adoring headbutt to the chest from his sister, despite his less-than-pleased face upon seeing Fox. Kisu punctuated his arrival by planting a kiss atop her head, which made Saēna flinch despite herself. She had only recently come to learn that Peregrine and Hawkeye were not her true parents, and that Kisu was her real dad... It was still surreal, and she was still in denial. Being kissed by him felt strange, but eventually she would probably become accustomed to it. Hawkeye arrived as well, taking a seat next to Pura and, like the others around her, earning a winning smile from her adoptive daughter.

Eventually, Peregrine began to make announcements. The girl ducked her head shyly when he mentioned her name, even though she was pleased to be recognized. The rest of the news mostly went over her head. Some of it was about a hunt, which she knew she was probably too young to participate in, and some of it was about Peregrine's new special friends. Having received the news with neutrality herself (mostly because she didn't really get it), she wasn't expecting anything miraculous to come from that announcement, and didn't entirely understand why it was even needed (even though it was very significant in the adult world).