Surreal Adravendi

It was getting to be that time where she needed to talk to her two youngest about the birds and the bees. Baine and Tornach were old enough to understand , and perhaps old enough that rogue butterflies wouldn’t catch their attention mid lesson. But first, she wanted to spend more time with both of her remaining daughters, before she went off to see if there was perhaps anything in the sea that might serve as dinner. So she made her way through the estuary, birds chittering and squawking their various calls at her passage. Zuriel would be in heat, and somewhere, who knew where, so would Faite. Surreal had spoken with Kavdaya at length about herbs that helped ease a female’s season if no carnal relief were found. Surreal was sure, now, that Erani had told her about these plants, but she must have forgotten them. It gave her a feeling of shame to think that she had forgotten something her mother had told her. It made her all the more determined to be with her children more and more. So she sang a gentle call to her girls. Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think

A whole year old! She felt ancient even though she knew she was still a child. She woke on the first day of fall and strutted around like she was hot stuff and a full on adult. Now she was hopping around through the pools of water in the estuary, showing how much maturing she still had to do. But she didn't care, she was having fun splashing around in the water and scaring off the birds around her. She immediately stopped in her tracks though when her mother's voice called for her. Báine quickly glanced down at herself and frowned. Her mother wouldn't like how muddy and messy she was. She hopped over to a dry spot and shook out her fur to try and get as much of the water out of her fur as she could and then quickly licked over her forepaws to clean them off before she took off to answer her mother's call. She still wasn't all that clean, but maybe it was a little better. She smiled when she spotted her mom's gray form and she ran up to her with her tail wagging. "Dia duit, mháthair!" "Talk" "You" Think

Surreal Adravendi

It didn’t take long before the pale, rosey hued form of her youngest arrived. As always, there was a smidgen of dirt here and there, but Surreal didn’t mind, instead bending to nuzzle Baine gently as the girl greeted her. "Dia duit, mo leanbh ghealach beag. Ag imirt sna locháin arís?" She greeted warmly, voice rich with undertones of gentle laughter. Spotting a fleck of mud her child had missed, Surreal automatically sought to swipe a kiss over Baine’s muzzle. Spot cleaned, she leaned back to gaze at her youngest girl, taking in all the changes that had seemingly swooped in. Her girl was no longer the plump little pink pup, getting into mischief and exploring the caves with gusto. A woman was beginning to blossom from the little cherry sapling her daughter had been. A soft, almost sad, smile touched the silver female’s lips. "Tá tú tar éis fás chomh tapa, beag amháin. I gcás ina mbeidh an t-am imithe ar shiúl go?" Surreal said softly. It felt like only yesterday that she’d greeted this litter into the world. And now, here they were, a year later. Haad Celestial been running already, Surreal would have been asking her two youngest what they were interested in taking as a main vocation. Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think