Her eyes hovered on the blue bird as it introduced itself.

"Rainstorm!" she repeated its name also and grinned.

Her large ears flicked and she looked between the two of them, then puffed out her chest and reared her head. "NOT LOST, ALSO EXPLORIN..." Definitely. She sniffed and patted her paws against the grass.

Meissa blinked at Blitz, then shook her head. "Dad protect me!" she declared, arching her back and fluffing out her tail as if to make herself look bigger. "Dad BIG!" And dad wasn't here. Her eyes narrowed and she looked around as if trying to determine that yes, indeed, Lyn was not here. Oh, that's right. She scuttled away, disobeying his orders to stay close to the den. Her lips folded into a pout.

"Uh," she said quietly, turning back to the pair. "Blitz protect me, that ok." Her brows furrowed as she nodded. Yeah, that was a good compromise. And uh, maybe she was lost.

"Where explorin?" Meissa decided to ask, because she was also exploring, and again, definitely not lost. Maybe.

@Rainstorm @Blitz
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Yellow eyes widened into circles at the mention of Dad. Blitz didn't know who Dad was, but they sounded strong, and tough, judging by Meissa's tone. And Meissa, he mentally corrected himself, was not lost, but exploring. To Rainstorm, sidelong, he corrected himself verbally as well--as if, for some reason, the pigeon chick required a translation: "Oh. She's exploring."

He then looked around, blinking.

Meissa's question had utterly stumped him. Where were they exploring..? "Ummm. Here! I don't know! I came out of rock." He fumbled for further explanation, and then faltered. He had no reference point to describe, considering he had no idea what lay in even his immediate vicinity, and so he looked to Meissa and decided to ask her if perhaps she knew more than he: "Um. Do you know what's-" (a moment, while Blitz looked around) "-here?" And then, because curiosity still poked at him: "Where is Dad?"

When no one answered he took to a tree for a better view; but when no responses continued to come, the black-and-white bird found that he'd somehow lost his companions. Perhaps one day he would meet them again.

stars: ESO/UltraVISTA team. Acknowledgement: TERAPIX/CNRS/INSU/CASU; Mike's Birds on Flickr credit for part of "Black and white hawk eagle"

exit due to inactivity ;(