Wheeling Gull Isle like the sand on my feet

Luli, roused first by the movement of siblings around her, first parted her jaws in a wide yawn. She blinked the sleep from her eyes and twitched a little ear at the sound of her mother's voice. Made more alert by hearing her name, the smallest of the Empress' seadragons gathered to her dainty paws and wiggled her scruffy tail in a cheerful greeting.

She did not know the meaning of "going outside", so the suggestion went right over her head. Luli simply followed with a curious stare as her dam moved off toward the mouth of their hollow and into the daylight beyond, leaving the cubs within.

Alone. Without Daiyu or one of the other grown-ups to watch over them. 

Luli's tongue traced her lips anxiously, and she begun to whine softly. It was the bold Nüwu who stepped forward first, but the dappled youngster held back and waited, curious to see how her other littermates would react to this strange new development.