Mother Like Mine

Zephyr's mood was high as the wedding festivities eventually wound down. Wolves who had come from all edges of their world were now departing - his expansive family shrinking back down to the comfortable group in which he had embedded himself. As far as Zephyr was aware, the antlered companion to his adoptive father was already his mother, but Artorias and Briar's ceremonial binding had only solidified that relationship. Life returned to normal, and soon enough the fledgling was invited on another adventure.

The Cedar Falls were a very different sort of place than the Bifrost his Aegis has taken him a season prior, but his mother was a different wolf than his father, so this trip being different made sense too. He was beyond excited to spend some quality mom and bird time with the reigning Queen of the Hallows, his enthusiasm leaking into his steps as he hopped and fluttered his fledging wings in an attempt to catch the air beneath them. Zephyr's head was on a swivel, his beak tipping to each side as he worked to triangulate the nearing sound of rushing water. "Are we nearing the ocean, mom?" He asked, hopping faster. There was a different quality to the water here than the crashing of ocean waves, but still very different than the trickling of a creek or stream.

"Zephyr"