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Orca had little reason to believe her father would lie to her and so, when he said he believed they would be back the girl would nod, rubbing her eyes with her paws to get rid of the tears that had clung to her fur. If daddy said it was alright, then she would believe it…for now. It seemed best for them both to divert their thoughts from sadness to something else. When he mentioned going on a patrol her ears perked up, she hadn’t been on a patrol before! Acere seemed to want to do what she wanted to do, however, and she nodded as her brow furrowed as she thought of something to do.

Gaze focused on her dad’s face, she’d always wondered about his scars though she hadn’t really asked about them before. “Can you teach me to fight?” She asked, maybe one day when she was big and strong she could get scars like his and look just as fierce!