the silence sings

Kaija was feeling unusually somber today, which was a mood highly unusual for the normally boisterous yearling. Any bad moods were generally short-lived, disappearing as quickly as they came, and while she wasn't feeling all that bad she still felt positively bummed out. She hadn't seen Arne in awhile now, and though she assumed he'd just gone off on a little adventure, her most recent visit with their father proved that he hadn't gone to see him. Fidelias was always around though, which served to lighten her mood even if deterred from his. Kaija was especially bad at telling when she irritated others; she tended to not be terribly empathetic, not for lack of caring but simply because she wasn't wired that way.

And because of that, she would usually take her brother's sprawled position as an open invitation to pounce. Today tackling him seemed less fun though, so instead she sauntered over, not bothering to hide the sound of her paws against the ground. "Hey Del," she greeted him lazily as she drew up and forced a little grin his direction. "Whatcha up to today? Want to find something to do?" Anything to stop herself from sitting around and thinking about things and, god forbid, feeling things. Doing things was much, much easier for her.