And here I give you the stars

"I don't think he wants to talk to me, Papa. He's been avoiding me." She had also been avoiding them. While she was apart from her brothers, she'd been working on her star maps. They were coming along very well. She'd gotten some colors from Aunt Iolaire so she had begun coloring the stars as well as drawing them.

"Brothers are hard, Papa." The girl sighed like an old woman and shook her head. "I have good times with each of them, but never together." She thought of the good times that she'd had with each of her brothers. The best experiences were had with Azure since he possessed the same love of killing that she had. "Az and I have been hunting a lot. We killed a ghost rock, a log with a flat tail, another pig and some other things." She was proud of her hunting abilities and was happy to share her successes with her father. She knew that he would be proud of her.

It felt like she hadn't talked to her father in forever. "I've been taking Bast with me to collect fruit to feed to Pip." Pip was the little bat that had been a gift from her parents. The little bat was currently asleep back in the big den, curled up on a little shelf in a pile of fluff. "Mom wanted me to be softer." Asla wrinkled her nose slightly at the thought. "I like Pip though. She learns quickly. I'm going to teach her so many useful things." Like how to spy and bring back secrets.