Take me somewhere nice

Walk | Talk | Think

Though her dark brown eyes remained on the pups already outside the den, her ears turned as she heard the others beginning to stir at the absence of the bodies usually nestled in their midst. A slow smile spread across her lips as she felt them begin to rise from their resting positions and gather closer for a view at what their brothers were doing outside, only turning her head when she saw them from the corner of her eye. Crow was there beside her quickly, nuzzling her neck to which she placed a few licks across his small back. Sage was there right on his brother's heels, his expression filled with a gentle concern. "They're just greeting the morning," she answered quietly, almost at a whisper as if to keep the fact the rest of the family watched unknown to Clover and Emery outside.

Unlike the others, Cloud merely snuggled more closely into the fur upon her stomach, and for that reason she made no room to rise. She hardly wanted to disrupt his rest simply because his siblings had decided to get a jump on the day and be adventurous for a change. Though, admittedly, a little part of her did want to get up and go outside, if only to keep a closer eye on the pups. It was long overdue that they stretched their legs and ventured beyond the confines of the den, out into the open and where they could finally understand the world that they would soon be a part of. Her eyes shifted to Kestrel as she silently wandered around her other side and stopped within the shade of the den, feeling a sense of concern for the pup unlike what she felt toward her brothers. She was so quiet. Even from birth she had been a quiet one, never complaining, whining, anything of the sort. Whether by choice or because of fate, Mercianne could not yet know, but she sighed gently all the same.

"As long as you stay close, you can join them," she stated to the pups at large, her dark eyes suddenly nervous though she tried to smile for them. Not in good conscience could she keep them inside the den this day. They needed to go out for a change, her insecurities and worries set aside for their well being. "Go on," she added, hoping her tone come out encouraging as she gestured with her muzzle toward the bright morning that awaited them outside.