Aurora Heights dust bowl dance

@Kyna

This is it! He was adventuring away from the den, probably farther than he should have, but he was looking for something new and exciting to climb. The shallow slopes near him weren’t as satisfying as they once were now that he was getting a hang of his clumsiness. He’d asked his brothers to come with him with his famous last words of C’mon it’ll be fun! but this time neither of them had taken the bait… it was their loss anyway. So what, mom and dad might find out and they might get into a bit of trouble… it was half the fun anyway!

His alabaster fur was already covered in dirt and grime from the few times he had tripped… and the one time he had rolled around in the dirt... but he wasn’t about to talk about that with anyone. It was fascinating how far you could go but still be on land! How far did the earth go before it just stopped?

Having three children in one litter was exhausting. Perhaps she should have taken more heed upon meeting her latest batch of siblings last year – or perhaps not latest, Kyna thought wryly, she had no idea what her mother and Serach were up to this year – but she’d thought it was a fluke. That Aquilas had single litters.

Alas, how horribly she was mistaken.

Kyna’s jaw cracked as she gave a massive yawn, considering the pros and cons of a quick sun nap when something small and pale slipped in and out of the farthest reaches of her peripheral vision. The woman quirked a brow and turned her head, but no black or tawny blur followed. Curious.

Assuming the other boys were still asleep where she left them (if there was any blessing to having three boys, it was that they often tired one another out), Kyna crept after her middle son, keeping her footfalls careful and soft as she waited. Watched. Where was he going?

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Blissfully unaware that he had been caught before he had even begun, the young prince made his way through the territory, tracing along the familiar route he’d taken with Revon maybe a couple weeks before. He was much more stable on his paws than he had been then; he’d had a lot more practice with the mountain terrain and the adventuring was helping muscle development in his legs, which also aided with his balance quite a bit. Practice makes perfect… besides, it’ll be fun.

He ran as much of the path as he could, only stopping on occasion to catch his breath, maybe walking for a couple minutes before he picked up the pace again. His goal, get dangerously close to the borders, and then cross it… see what life was like outside the Heights he had called home and sanctuary for all of his short life… surely what was beyond would be even more interesting, right?

How fast they grew. She knew it, of course, watched Revon do the exact same thing – but it still seemed a bit a marvel to watch a boy who’d been tottering what felt like only days ago go jaunting easily down a well-marked trail. Kyna was forced to break into an easy job herself, if she hoped not to lose him. Perhaps she should just let him go have his fun?

But after Revon and that—

The woman shook her head to herself. Not yet. Perhaps when the trio was a bit bigger. Knew a bit more about the world. She waited just a little bit longer as Capra lingered on the borders of Aurora Heights. Whether the young Archer Argyris crossed would decide exactly how she confronted his son, but he deserved to actually get to make a choice first.

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