the future is bright

They had spoken, and they had decided together that Seracia was no longer their home. Once, it had been everything they wanted and more, but time always seemed to have a way of altering things. She was unsure how most of her children would act, and knew that Arian wanted to follow her own path, but other than that -- she was oblivious. It was no surprise to her when Maverick let out a call for their family to come together and speak, and she would quickly answer it with her presence. Quietly she would come to rest beside him, letting him speak first, wondering what the children might say.


Caeto arrived first, and Arian would follow. She would lean to nuzzle the boy's neck gently, marveling silently at how large he had grown. He seemed serious, far too serious for a boy his age, but he had always been this way. Maverick would begin to speak, and she let him, wondering what her children might want; wondering if they had even thought about the possibility of them being away from their parents.