Whitefish River Like a bolt out of the blue

Oh dear - it seemed she had already made the wrong move in trying to let the puppies figure themselves out. Concerned as Haruki fell over after Sumi whined and cried in response, all their mother could do was try to soothe them by nudging the prince into the proper direction and hoping he latches on once again to calm him. Then, once everyone seemed to be on the right path, she would cover them all once again with the blanket she had taken away just moments ago hopeful that this would calm their little cries.

Of course she missed it all already too, it had come oh so suddenly and just as quickly was all taken away. But she couldn't linger on it, she had to move on and try to make the best of what had happened. They just came to me in the moment. One name, in particular, she didn't want to explain just yet, not to Hiromi - she shouldn't be the first to know. Someone else came first on the need to know list.

Haruki was first - he is the big brother. Even if big sounded funny when describing something so small and vulnerable.