interstellar voyeur

Twilight had passed, and the sky was pitch dark. Glittering with stars, and a sliver of the moon overhead. The burly yearling wanted to visit with one of his sisters, and so he meandered up to the apex of one of the ridges. Followed the well worn path, and the familiar scent of his lavender sister. He had heard that their sire had helped construct a special watch point for her, though he was a bit fuzzy on the details. Why not pester her about it? With a pilfered ibex haunch clasped in his thick jaws, the dun Fatalis made his way higher and higher towards the summit. Now that the sun had fallen below the horizon, it was cool at these altitudes. Completely oblivious to the chill, Stratum was lucky to be a heavyset lad in moments like these.

"Andy?" he called out as he caught a glimpse of faded violet in the low light. "You busy?" he asked, dropping his prize to his paws as he loitered at the outskirts of her carefully built lookout. Liquid mercury gaze drifted from one contraption to another, to the hard packed ground, to his sister. She was a busy soul, always up to something. He felt at a distance with her, and wondered if it was on purpose. Andromeda was miles smarter than he'd ever be, but he loved her even if she might have thought he was a moron. "I wanted to see what you've been doing up here- I brought a snack for us." he offered with a lopsided smile, tail wagging gently against his heels.