[open] the night that i walked

[bolder]

Bolder can sense the way Sickle's mood drops at the mention of a brother.

It's something he understands, though he has a brother and a sister. Though his stay in Hyaline has granted him much, it had not come without its losses. "I have a brother, too." He tells Sickle, "And a sister." He chimes in, a kind of verbal support to understanding that not everything can be done with the comfort of siblings.

Like childhood, sometimes leaving them behind is necessary for moving ahead.

"What's your Aunt's name?" he asks, wondering if this was another cousin. But no, he thinks. If Sickle belonged to the Pack, he would have seen her in Hyaline. "Mine is Mazikeen and she's...," the young shifter exhales some of his pride. "She is really powerful."

His bushy tail twitches as he thinks of how else to explain the Alpha, but the other squirrel draws his attention to the base of the tree where a shadow version begins to skitter up towards them. Bolder turns around, looking down towards it, and chitters to Sickle, "Do you think that's... it?"

He swallows, dread suddenly filling him. His mind had ventured to think that his companion would be something great, like Oceanus was to Sickle, or perhaps it might be something large and powerful, like an Orca or a Leopleuridon. But this? The shadow continued to climb towards them and Bolder could feel his hackles rising and his large tail twirling in warning.

@Sickle