The young girl would give a soft sigh, her gaze wandering across the lands. She felt alone. Desperate. Clingy. She knew her family was close but, at the same time, she felt like they were so far away. It was before the sun even rose, and the girl was awake, restless. Her mother's passing had left a sour taste in her mouth. She would feel her heart aching, and with a whine the charcoal colored girl would rise from her spot outside of the den and slink back inside to where her father and siblings lay. She would come up to Helios and practically crawl onto onto him as she moved herself in between his front paws. Another whine would pass her lips as she bumped his nose with her own.

"Daddy... wake up. Dadddddyy..." She wanted her father to be awake with her. To once more reassure her that everything was okay. She would glance at the sleeping forms of Aether and Mneme, knowing that if anything ever happened to them she would surely be lost. To give her father a bit more encouragement she would place a paw on his nose as well, gently pushing against it. "Daddddddddy!"

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He hadn’t been aware of his daughter slipping out of the den, too deep in sleep. Here in the den, snuggled up against his sleeping children it was peaceful. If only for a moment. A tiny voice prodded at his consciousness and the man groaned, eyes screwing shut tighter. A small pressure pushed upon his nose and he finally lifted heavy lids. He blinked a few times, before letting out a yawn. “Okay…” He whispered, russets darting to the two other sleeping shapes in the den. “Wait outside? I don’t want to wake your brother and sister if I can help it.” Gently he rose to his paws, shaking himself out and stepping gingerly around the two sleeping bundles before pushing into the world outside the den. Speech,

The young girl would give a small nod as her father said to wait outside. He hadn’t known that she had already been awake, and that she had already been sitting outside of the den. Philotes would bound back toward the den opening, glancing and Mneme and Aether. She wasn’t sure what they felt about all of this, hadn’t even asked them. But she would speak to her father, and hopefully he would provide some sort of comfort on the situation. She would slip out of the den, careful not to disturb her siblings, and then sat.

It was once her father was outside that Philly would fling herself at him again, whining. “I miss mom.” She would whine pitifully. “I’m so scared... Are other wolves gonna hurt our family like the silver lady? Is someone going to take you away from us too?” She would swallow hard, tears in her eyes as she looked up at the man. “I don’t want to lose you.”

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