What's In Your Head

Loosening her reins on her children was definitely not an easy task, but it was something she knew was necessary as they got older. She knew as time went on they'd only grow more and more independent, and she was determined to spend as much time with them as possible while they were still here. Ultimately she'd make it her life mission to defend them at all costs, to ensure they had the skills necessary to survive in this world - and even once they were old enough to be on their own it was hard to imagine being far from them at all. But it wasn't that time yet, and Kirsi was sure they were all heeding her warnings and staying close to home. She could no longer wrangle all five of them together constantly but she tried to keep an eye on where they'd gone as best as she could.

Which.. was getting increasingly difficult. She caught a whiff of Onyx's scent though and decided to follow it to see what her quiet daughter was up to today. Slowly she made her way through the pines forest, which was silent thanks to a layer of freshly-fallen snow. She felt it crunch beneath her paws as she moved, taking a path already-traveled as Onyx's scent grew stronger. It wasn't long before she appeared through the trees, sitting not far from the den's entrance. Kirsi gave her daughter a warm smile as she approached. When it came to her children she was an entirely different wolf; she was warm and full of love, a far cry from the usual stony exterior she displayed otherwise. "My daughter," she sighed contentedly as she drew a few strides closer. How quickly they were growing - far too quickly for her liking. Onyx looked far more adult now, a far cry from the tiny wriggling child she'd been just a season before. She wished desperately she could slow time down just a bit. "What shall we do today? Now that the snow's stopped?" The season had been a brutal one and it seemed it snowed more often than not, but they ought to take advantage of the good weather while it was here.