Pale Spring Sun (TRADE FAIR)

After a few weeks of rest, she was finally on her paws, just in time to hear Eligos’ voice howling for the world at large. So, it was time for the Aerie trade fair? She smiled, gently nudging Red’s shoulder and each of the pups. They were very young still, but this wouldn’t be too much for their young minds or bodies.

Her eyes caressed each child, from Ardyn’s heft, slick, shimmering and glowing pudge to the smaller forms of his brother and sisters, landing upon Aoife’s tiny form. As small as the patchy little one was, it was unlikely she’d be any bigger than her grandmother Solveiga when she was grown, if even that. But she was bright, healthy, and held her own against her larger siblings.

Each pup was already showing their own personalities, even in the short time they’d been alive, Ardyn leading the way in most things, and attentive to his siblings when they cried. Amorielle received much of that attention, as she was easily upset by overly rough play, and even at a young age, Ardyn seemed to do his best to tone his play down to a gentler touch for his sister.

She and Red had been working hard to teach them speech and grammar—there would of course be many stumbles and oddly spoken words still, as they were still very young, but they could hold conversations enough to be understood instead of babbling unintelligibly. They had all gotten a firm course on basic manners, and as they grew older, those lessons would broaden to acknowledge their expanding minds.

“Come loves. There’s a fair to go to. Father, Paladin, could you gather some of our best trade goods?”

She pulled herself to her paws, flicking her tail over Red’s shoulders before she padded from the alcove, still a bit slow, but much more smoothly than she had been able to move since the birthing. Ardyn was quick on her tail, pouncing and stumbling in glee after the glowing trail of her long tail hair. Ayodele moved alongside the Spirit, reaching up and slipping the two hair combs Red had given her into place at either side of her face, mane pulled forward into a forelock to frame her face and gathered back under and behind the ears.

She made the journey at a slow pace, careful not to overtire the pups, and once she arrived, she found many already there, including Eligos and Sirius. She gave each a smile and nod of the head, glancing back to check on the litter. “Eligos, Sirius, it’s good to see you. We’ve some goods on the way.”

She let her hips settle as Ardyn first came to plop down, regaining his shallow well of energy. It was unlikely to take long before he was back on his paws and full of boundless energy, but for the moment, he was still and content to play with her tail as his siblings and father arrived, as well as any other members of Valhalla.

“This is Ardyn, Coran, Amorielle, Laoise, and Aoife, and this is Red, their father and my Heart.” She brushed a paw over each pup as she named them, a warm smile on her features as she glanced at her husband.

Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Labhair an Sean-Teanga." ---- "Hear" ---- Think