ive been thinking too much

Mortis explored by the stream , he hadn’t tried to go to the Ashen territories yet, but he had scented his siblings heading that way on more than one occasion. He knew they were allowed, and he itched to explore them, but he didn’t want to go by himself. For one, the islands that were the main part of the territory required crossing the land bridge to reach - and that was just to the main island. The rest you had to swim, and Mort didn’t know how to swim yet.

He was debating getting up the courage to walk to the first island, when he saw Indigo lying on the beach, looking as somber as the winged pup felt. Mustering up his courage, the boy limped on his fractured foot, making his way across the bridge, eyeing the water on either side distrustfully, until he reached Indigo. He flopped down beside his brother, saying nothing. The fear of his siblings rejecting him was a burning worry in his gut, that had begun the day Azure had pushed him.