Her question regarding the boy child was answered with certainty, not a moment of hesitation or doubt getting in the way of making the story sound reliable and clear. He must have been real from the way Zephyra spoke about him, giving him a name, a height - to which Anais almost reached out to steady the girl before she could topple over but in the end kept her paw to herself with a kind smile - and a unique color to go along with the scheme that appeared to be prevalent through the whole litter save one girl. Anais puzzled over it, assuming he could have been born late, possibly after she and her brother left the resting mother with her brother and children, but still she could not recalling hearing anything about him. Hmm. She would need to ask Nako about it later.
It became clear to the golden brown hunter that getting too far away from the den had been the last thing on little Zeph's mind. She watched with partial amusement as the young, green-marked girl lowered her brilliant red eyes with a thoughtful sort of look, possibly only considering their location for the first time since whatever had drawn her out this way. Anais still considered her lucky that she had been the one to find her and not someone, or even something else. She knew too well the dangers that hid in plain sight. The child abandoned her thoughtful pose and bounded over toward her, and conspiratorially Anais crouched her front half lower to the ground so that she could be on the same level as her niece. "What kind of secret?" she whispered back, her tail swaying with an eager little motion. It had been much too long since she had gotten to interact with pups. She had almost forgotten how precious and innocent and downright fun they were. Especially when they were taking to her so quickly!
* Because he has become her protector, Glacier is allowed into any and all threads that Anais may be in, regardless of how they are tagged.
