I swear I'm not a trespasser!

Juniper watches the gamut of emotions from confusion to curiosity and suspicion cross over the pup's face before finally settling on happy acceptance. The girl asked if she was really her uncle's sister, to which Juniper raised a paw while crossing her chest with the other. "I swear upon the moon and stars," she reassured the pup with a playful smile. Not that lying to a child would really be a difficult thing to do, but in this case, she was telling the truth. When the tawny pup gives her a sheepish grin and admits to breaking the rules herself by being out here with a stranger on her own, June shoots her a knowing look and a smirk. Yeah, she didn't think so, but what fun was life if you didn't misbehave at least a little bit every now and then? She wasn't going to narc on the girl though. Snitches and stitches and all that good stuff.

The girl proposes a deal—Juniper kept her mouth shut about the pup's rule breaking and in turn she would be escorted to the castle. A light laugh escaped June and she replied with a giggling, "All right, deal!" Rising to her paws again, she followed the girl who introduced herself as Callie across the lush grass plains in the direction of the monolithic castle in the distance. "Nice to meet you, Callie. I'm Juniper. But you can call me June, and I'm still gonna call you Tiger, just so ya know," she teased the pup with a playful wink. She was still pretty young herself, so she knew how to excite and delight the younglings. Callie made a comment how her dad was also brothers with Artorias, which tipped her off as to whose offspring she was. So she was Rudyard's kid, eh? "Ehh, technically... It's a bit messy, but basically Tamsyn is my mom and your dad's mom, but we have different dads, so I'm your half-aunt." Yeah, she didn't really get the whole intricacies of their family tree either. The Carpathius lot was a screwy bunch, but hey, they were family!

"Juniper of the Sea"