Hel's ears twitched as the sounds of pawsteps reached her ears. The youngster stirred, swinging her head towards the source, and a wide smile crossed her face as Aksel padded forth. The girl leaped forward, closing the distance between them rapidly as she attempted to lick her brother's cheek. "Aksel!" She greeted the other happily, tail wagging enthusiastically in the air behind her. Two mothers down and it seemed the only constants in her life were her siblings and her father - everything else seemed to be changing all around her. But Aksel and Ace and Everest and her father, they'd always been there. They were all she needed.
It was only when the brown female made her appearance that Hel backed off, her ears pinning back for a moment as the other addressed her brother. Who was this? "Hi! Are you one of my new aunts? Uncle Thor said all the new ones were aunts and uncles! But you're our age. How does that work?" The questions bubbled from her maw, though Hel still remained on guard. Maybe this stranger was family, but she wasn't the kind of family that Hel could afford to get close to - she might go missing too. But her siblings and her father would always be around, right?
Of course, always was a long time - and time does have a way of changing things.
