son of the morning star

Deimos took in a deep breath as he began to stir, grumbling quietly as the first light that peeked through the skins that covered the front of their den landed across his face. It was certainly not unusual for him to be up at the crack of dawn to go on a hunt before the rest of his family was up and about, but he would rather wake on his own accord–not because the sun said so. Alas, that was not the case today so he figured he might as well get a move on with his day. With a quiet sigh he lifted his head, looking over to where Ikigai was curled up on the other side of the bed with space for their pups between them. He smiled at the sight of her still sleeping peacefully and then shifted his gaze down to his pups–only to immediately realize he was one pup short. His head tipped curiously-and with a bit of concern-and then he rose to his paws with slightly protesting, creaking joints.

A few moments later he was slipping out into the living space in the larger portion of the cave that they called home, scanning the space and looking for his son. The boy was no where to be seen, but he was able to pick up on his scent easily enough and he followed him out into the early morning sunlight, the chill of the morning hitting him with a feeling that was both bracing and invigorating. After a couple of moments of searching he found Dominus running through the browned grasses and he smirked with a little chuckle. Oh if only he still had the energy and vigor that these pups had. "You're up quite early," he commented as he came over to join Dominus with a deep chuckle. Playfully, he scooped the little pup up off of his paws with one of his oversized, bear-like paws, grinning as he nibbled and tickled the boy's sides to make him laugh.

"Deimos Medacium"