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Sinnle awoke with a start hearing faint sounds that usually wouldn't be present unless during the rut like her mother told her. She yawned and stood up lazily moving away from the nest. She had never been an early to rise doe. She peered through the bushes watching her father obviously confront some other male. She flicked her ears then bounced out. Recently her pelt had grown out into a bright red. It still had the light undertones from her mother but had more red than brown. She shivered for a moment the air hitting her warmer pelt before she looked at the buck. She glanced at Sven then flicked her tail as he left with her half sisters, Capri and Cyrene. She gave it a split second before she ran after the others and stopped near Cyrene whom she had grown closer too. "Hey! This is a fine morning right? So what was going on back there? I woke up and everyone seemed tense." She smiled clearly used to the way she rambled on.



Riyan had been up that morning grazing in the meadow. His sister stood next to him relaxing while watching something in the distance. Avelane had become quieter than before whereas before she gave birth she rarely talked and now she mostly didn't talk at all unless she wanted too or unless it was to Sinnle to himself. Avelane looked over to him probably having noticed him watching her.

"What is it?" He shook his head. "It's nothing. Your so quiet sometimes." Avelane let out a small chuckle and nosed his long fur near his shoulder. "Just like how your getting bigger. I just don't feel like saying much when there are so many other things to do. Often when you talk you miss things that you usually never hear. Like the soft yet heavy sound of the bees droning in the distance." Riyan stared at her before shaking his head once more. "I don't know what you mean." "I know." Avelane replied. She lowered her head to continue grazing leaving Riyan to puzzle over what she said. He turned to look for his daughter and mate. He slightly wondered if they were still sleeping.



Kyrie bounced out of the thicket frightened from something. She had been going to visit her cousin, Sinnle, when she had spotted a buck that she didn't know and wanna know. "Father! There's some stag in the forest with Sven and my cousin." She noticed Avelane look up and scan the forest edge with interest. Kyrie figured her aunt was looking for Sinnle and wondering what trouble her daughter had gotten into. Kyrie understood that quite well. She shook her head beginning to shiver in fright. "I saw him! He was after Capri and Cyrene! He was about a head shorter than you." Kyrie paused for a moment then went on. "About Capri's height, I think." She bounced around her father being pretty tall herself. She wasn't as tall as Capri but she was taller than Sinnle. She grunted and paused to look up at her father. "I think your fine. I'm sure I can protect you. Is that good?" Kyrie nodded easily satisfied with the reassurance and ran off to go find Sinnle again.