Please don't ever change

Philly gazed down at No Face with a frown. She had yet to introduce the bat hawk to her brother, or even her mother. It felt wrong to be doing everything so secretly… and she was trying to figure out the way to break the news. Her mother and brother hadn’t said anything yet about her wandering… but surely they had noticed. Maybe she was taking all of this too serious… or not seriously enough. Philly didn’t know… everything was so hard… and she wanted things to be easier. Like when she was a pup. Sure she’d been with her uncle most of that time but at least she didn’t stress about things all the time.

The sudden shout and contact had Philly jumping, spinning towards her brother with hackles raised. No Face took to the sky too with a sharp cry, winging in the area above them as he eyed the other massive wolf. Once Philly saw who it was, however, she let her fur flatten, her eyes sparkling some seeing her brother in such a good mood. “Hahaha! Got me good, didn’t you?” But unlike her brother she didn’t drop into a play crouch, not yet anyway.

“Ulric, I… I need to tell you and mom but… It might be better to say it to you before the news is broken to her.” Philomena furrowed her brow. “Then, if you still want to, we can play.”