Carrying the four wayward grandchildren back to her picnic skins, she dropped the one she had grabbed and settled herself down with a sigh. Politics could wait a little longer, this was the first time she had seen them since their birth. "You've all grown so much." She smiled, gesturing to the food that was laid out, "and you've travelled so far. I didn't quite hear much more than you wanting to stay. Would you mind letting me know why so I can make sure to give you all the right rank?" She tipped her head and began to make herself some tea. The children were welcome to eat first if they would prefer, of course, but there were some formalities to go over first.

"speech"

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Finally finding his feet back on the ground, Pyxis shook himself with a sigh and took in the towering trees above them. He looked to the girl that had snatched him and gave her a small grin to show that he had found it relatively fun, all things considered. There was a spread laid out before them of all different sorts of dried meats and cheese and different sorts of fruit. It was so different to how things were back where they had been.

At the gestured paw, he dove in, snatching an unfamiliar piece of fish and gnawing on it, scrunching his face as he processed the flavours. He kinda wanted to leave the explaining up to his siblings, but still, he shrugged. "Wanna stay 'ere." He was still chewing the dried, chewing fish, and tipped a head to his siblings in case they wanted to elaborate.

"speech"

Her grandmother and other relatives of her father she assumed had come to help collect her and her siblings and she now found herself being whisked deeper into her fathers home by her grandmother. A woman whose colorful pelt resembled the coloration of her own coat. It was clear as day that she and her siblings had descended from her.

When they reached modesty’s destination, Celestia couldn’t help but stare at the spread of food before her. She’d never seen anything like it. Neither had her siblings apparently as she watched her brother dig in. Choosing the more refined approach Cele sniffed towards the food only taking a small bit out of the dried fish as Pyxis spoke.

” I only tagged along with them…I want to be near my siblings, and my daddy.” she hesitated ”but I’m still not sure… I want to be around my mama too” she voiced her torn feelings on the situation. She didn’t like that she had to choose one or the other.