Sparrow had decided today was Sakana's day to do the things. One kid wanted splishes, the other pirate knowledge, now what would this child ask of her? She brought the boy out to the beach without even a collar or a leash and looked around for a while. Borders were clear, other pups were locked up, et cetera. She turned now to her son. "Okay, today is all yours, so what are we gonna do?"

This was by far the smallest kid and all that, so she wasn't sure how he'd take to being alone, but she figured he deserved the attention anyway.

The boy felt lost without the clamour and chaos of his siblings. There was always someone else making a plan, another bigger body to follow. Now, it was just him and his towering mumma as they made their way across the black sand. Blue eyes blinked as he looked a bit closer, he had always felt kinda different to his siblings, with not a spot on him, but here with his mum, he could better see how he fit. Not that he hadn’t seen his mum every day of his life, but that he had been far too distracted by what his siblings were up to to really notice.

When she asked what he wanted to do, the boys mind ran blank and the sound of static filled his ears. Already he was used to being told what they were doing, and where they were going, and he’d never really wanted to make the decisions. Now the question had been asked of him, panic pinched the corner of his eyes. “Uhhh…” He looked quickly one way, and then the other, searching for an answer when it struck him like the tolling of a bell. “Can we go ‘splorin?” He asked with a lopsided smile and a tentative wave of his tail. Surely ‘splorin’ would be ok if mumma was with him.

Her son said he wanted to go exploring, and that was totally doable. "Yeah," she mustered, looking around the horizon, "Where... did you want to explore, exactly, bud?" Even though she was asking, she had already started to lead him in a direction. It was easier for pups to explore by walking and NOT swimming, but she'd pitch both, "Land or sea?" She tried to sound up for either but for the love of god don't pick sea, she pleaded silently. At least exploring with one pup was easy enough, she didn't even need the leashes... she hoped, at least, she didn't need the leash.

Sakana took a moment to contemplate his mother’s question… land, or sea? He looked to the roiling waves and allowed his ears to fall back against his head, tail tucking ever so slightly. Nah. He didn’t need any of that. “Land!” He said with conviction, surprising even himself at the voice that he had managed to find. His toes wiggled in the sand, he hadn’t really gone anywhere other than the beach or the cavern so far. “Can we ‘splore somewhere not sandy or rocky?” He asked with a tip of his head. He wasn’t even sure there was such a thing, but surely that stretch of green at the edge of their territory felt different?

Sparrow thanked literally every god ever when her son decided to NOT pick the sea. He seemed very convinced and Sparrow wasn't going to question him now. He asked if they could explore somewhere not sandy or rocks and Sparrow shrugged, "Sure, as long as I'm with you." She nudged him to lead the way. "Outside the pack, there's lots of different lands. You'll get to see them one day when you want to. But it's also really dangerous sometimes- lots of things that like to eat pups, and wolves much scarier than even the Sins." She wasn't sure if using the Sins as a scare tactic was a good approach, but she was trying the whole parenting thing on.

Sakana wasn't sure that the sins were meant to be scary, actually, sometimes they were quite funny when they drank too much and couldn't walk straight so he wasn't even quite sure if his mumma was joking. Surely there weren't things that would eat pups though? Then again, he was a lot smaller than everyone else... maybe he was small enough to make a mouthful?

The boy had a worried and contemplative look on his face but he supposed it didnt' really matter if his mumma was with him to keep him safe. He picked up the pace a little as he pranced towards the distant stretch of green. "Can I see all the places when I'm bigger?"

The pup didn't seem to totally believe his mother when she said there were scarier things than the sins and Sparrow had to remember for a moment that Sakana hadn't been to a raid or any sort of pack challenge. Ah well, she tried. The pup stretched on ahead and Sparrow followed easily. The pup asked if he could see all the places when he was older and Sparrow hummed, "Only if you're real diligent and get really strong legs." Sparrow hadn't seen all the lands, but she had seen a lot of them. "You know, if you ever meet my friend Jynn, I bet she's seen all the places that ever existed- but she has long legs so you'll have to work on growing taller so you can adventure with her one day."