we've got dragon blood, you and I

Glancing up, Hattori padded over to the source of the squeaked greeting. He hadn't seen much of Hinata lately, but he could understand to a degree why she preferred to stay in the shelter of dens, the canopy blocked out much of the rain, but when it was coming down this hard it could only do so much.

"Ah there you are." He greeted, bending down slightly to angle himself towards the mouth of her hidey hole. She was easy to spot in the darkness, the pale of her coat a welcome reminder of his mother. He thought she would have liked that her granddaughters took after her, it was just a shame she never had the chance to meet them. A thought that stirred a slight tightness in his chest. "What is the matter?" Because he presumed something was amiss, why else would she have been in hiding?