Let Something Shine

Satu remained still oblivious to her young cousin's discomfort, or she might have discontinued the subject and moved on to something happier to cheer him up. As it was, she shrugged, splashing water with the motion. "Yeah, people are always like that with new puppies though. Just wait until they're old enough to start really causing trouble, then they'll shove them at babysitters and take off to get some peace and quiet. Always happens. You'll see." Satu made a face - she'd been that babysitter for her younger cousins, more often than not. "Don't really know why people like babies so much. They're noisy and smelly and they're no fun."

The young wolf would go on to apologize for not knowing her, something Satu waved off dismissively. She could hardly have expected him to know her when she had spent much of his puppyhood away, first back in the family pack and later wandering in search of adventure. "It's ok... Dhiren, you said? I haven't been really making as much of an effort to meet you guys as I should have, being family and all." To be honest, it felt a little strange, being the one single cousin in the much more tightly-knit family unit, and she'd been a little hesitant to butt in on that. "I'm Satu, I'm your mom's cousin. Her dad was my mom's brother. You've got a couple other cousins from my litter somewhere around here too, but I haven't seen either of them in a while. Cirala and Iorwerth."

She felt a pang of guilt; she hadn't seen Cirala since the first day she'd been here, and hadn't really made any sort of effort to track her down again. Was she all right? And there was Iorwerth too - she'd known he was in Seracia since Novella had talked to her about it, but she hadn't done anything.



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