Indra and Tinesi slept. No one to pick on, no one to wrestle or play with, not unless he wanted to risk waking them up and getting scruffed by his mother for interrupting their rest. They were told to stay, to nap, that growing is physically taxing and they needed plenty of sleep to recover.

But Kailu was restless. Bored. The boy stared at his sleeping siblings for a moment, resting his chin on his paws, his expression listless and grouchy. With a huff, he acquiesced to his boredom and stood, stretching out his little legs before leaving the den to find something to do.

Kailu stopped at the mouth of the den to look around, making sure his mother wasn’t waiting nearby to intervene, then stepped out. Something in the sky made him pause, drawing his gray eyes upwards where millions of white pinpricks held his attention.

He’d never been outside when darkness fell… His mother called it “night”. What were those tiny white holes in the sky? Was the sky covered in dirt? Is that why it got dark? The pup stared with an otherwise stony expression, but inwardly, he was utterly intrigued and enraptured by the sight. A shooting star darted across the sky, making his ears flick forward as he tracked the movement.

Such a strange world he was born into… Much to discover and learn about.

(( Indra Melanthe + Jakten all welcome! Tinesi may or may not come along after a few posts)