colorblind

Since her mother's disappearance Lumi had been laying low. The frigid North that had once seemed so welcoming when she was by Heloise's side now seemed harsh and strange - more brutal than she'd ever thought. She had tagged along hunting recently and the sight of bright red blood against the snow was startling. Lumi longed for her mother's comforting words but Heloise was nowhere to be found. Bumming around the den had begun to get boring, even if she was a stickler for rules. Maybe there was another adult she could shadow for a little while. Acere seemed so busy. The hierarchy of the pack was still mostly a mystery to her, but she knew this much: being the daughter of an alpha sucked.

Lumi slunk out of the den and headed towards the pines, intent on an adventure... but a good adventure, where everyone followed the rules and was home by bedtime. She stalked between the trees, looking for a familiar figure. No such luck. All she saw was a blue stranger whose coat lent her an interesting kind of northern camouflage, although she still stuck out a bit as she moved between the trees. The puppy pricked her ears and padded towards the stranger. "Hullo?" she called out, giving Kirsi a shy little wag of her tail.