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The air was crisp and cool, the perfect weather for two creatures of winter. Both were fluffy, though their colors contrasted quite a bit. Little Antheô's merle eyes glanced about curiously as he held onto the small puff of charcoal fuzz at the end of his father's tail. He was still quite new to the world and was curious to see all the new sights.

The leader of the train glanced back at his son only to have the strangely colored eyes of his boy momentarily looking up to meet his. It was only a moment, but the little pale figure puffed up as much as he was able to try and match his Daddy. After all, that would make the Kyuria proud!

Lasuk chuckled and looked back ahead of him to find that the Incense shop was close enough that he could even see two familiar figures. A small smile came across his dusty colored maw. All the Kyuria knew was that he was there to meet up with his mate and his younger son. However, it looked like the two were looking for something in the sky. He was pretty swift on his feet, and he was able to figure out what they were doing.

Has it already been a year since Sylvera and I were doing the same thing? He smiled, then spoke up to explain to his pale shadow. "Antheô, maybe if we are lucky, we'll end up seeing some snow tonight."

The little unicorn spirit gazed up with curious eyes and repeated the word he wasn't certain of, despite still have a mouth filled with fluff. "Noh?"

Lasuk nodded his head and kept going forward. He'd explain further when he got to the meeting spot.

Both the ears of father and son perked up. Both turned to see who was there, but as it turned out, Adriel was already there on top of his brother. Literally. Antheô let out a squeak and ended up tugging Lasuk's tail quite a bit. However, the Kyuria was an adult and grit his teeth rather than yelping in pain. Hopefully every greeting wouldn't be so painful.

Antheô stood up at the first chance he could get and shook himself off. Then his merle eyes looked over the current company. When he finally realized he was with family, he let go of Lasuk's aching tail and sat down next to his brother. Despite being a bit older, it seemed he didn't quite understand. Being a bit of a parrot, he repeated the one word his brother said that he wasn't sure of: "Sowwy?" He tilted his head in question, but then turned to his brother and simply repeated the foreign word a few more times. "Sowwy, sowwy, sowwy!"

Lasuk had meandered over to Sylvera, who was now helping him with his fur. While she busied herself with that, he busied himself nursing his tail. Each and every time words were mispronounced because of baby talk, his ears flattened a bit. And Antheô's last attempts at saying the one word left the new father's ears completely flat against his skull. Despite the ear-sore, he wouldn't voice disapproval now. They were only a few days old after all. "Yes, I am quite sure we will... and thank you, lovely."

Unlike his younger brother, Antheô watched his parents together almost mesmerized. It made no sense to him, but obviously his Daddy was doing another amazing thing. What, he didn't quite know yet, but it had to be pretty amazing to be making Mommy smile like that.

Antheô had been quite content watching his parents, but then something distracted him greatly. His brother had decided that the pale Kyunru would make a swell paw-rest. Antheô's maw twisted up a bit in confusion as he now stared at his brother who wasn't even looking back for the longest time. By the time his brother would open his eyes, he'd have two large mostly-blue eyes fixated in him, almost screaming out "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!!!" If it wasn't obvious from the look being given, Adriel's efforts were in vain and Antheô had heard nothing.

The father of the boys returned the shrug and offered a possibility: "Brotherly bonding?" The Kyuria puffed up slightly, gave his sweetheart a quick lick to the cheek, then padded forward to the fawns. Glancing to Antheô first, since he hadn't received a proper explanation about what to look for in the night sky, then to Adriel, he smiled and began a brief explanation.

"As I was mentioning on the way here, we might possibly see some snow tonight, boys. Snow is a white powder made of ice that comes down from the sky. Usually is it nice and gentle at this time of year." He looked to the boys to see if there was any sort of understanding going on.

Seeing as Antheô was quite new to the world, he had yet to encounter ice. However, he knew what white was. It was something he picked up, because his Daddy had already mentioned several times that Antheô was white in color. He just wasn't specifically certain as to what would be falling from the sky. Figuring it would help his Daddy understand what he had understood, he repeated one word: "White!"

Lasuk sighed slightly. It would seem both of his children were still a bit too new to the world. Glancing to his mate, he agreed with her with a "They'll see it soon enough, we just need to wait for it."

One fawn didn't seem to like this word "wait," for the palest of the kyunru fawns stood up and trotted over to his mother. He narrowed his eyes a bit, as he analyzed the situation as best as he could. Antheô was far too short to be able to reach his mother's face, however, maybe he could get her attention some other way. After watching his father kiss his mother several times, which made his unicorn-Mommy smile, he wanted to give it a try. Scooting even closer, he then gave her a quick lick to what he could reach, which was her foreleg. Afterwards, he looked up to her with the most innocent eyes he could muster. Where was that smile?

The Kyuria's ear twitched slightly. It seemed that Antheô had lost interest already. Well, at least Adriel was still paying attention, right?

While the elder of the boys kept his mate company, Lasuk joined Adriel in gazing at the sky. It definitely seemed like the right weather for snow, and soon enough he was proven correct. However, he wouldn't say anything right off the bat. He'd let Adriel announce the news.

Meanwhile, Antheô seemed quite content with the results of his small action. Not only did he get Mommy to smile, but now he was getting lots of attention. At first, when the darker cheek rubbed up against his own, he didn't quite understand the meaning of it. However, after about 5 seconds, he seemed to naturally do what she was requesting without even thinking about it. His cheek rubbed up against hers, and it almost sounded like the young Kyunru was cooing of all things.

And then his younger brother fell down next to him, rather loudly. His blue-merle eyes blinked, then followed his brother's paw up towards the sky. Gaping his mouth open, he uttered out the complete word (and this time without a mouthful of tail): "Snow!"

Lasuk couldn't help but puff up in a proud manner, despite having little-to-nothing to do with this accomplishment.

Lasuk's ears seemed to flatten up against his head as his younger son spoke in a fashion he didn't really approve. It only reminded him of Rhapsody. In an attempt to be a good father, he repeated the phrase, emphasizing the corrections: "Adriel, did you want Antheô to play with you?" Of course, he was trying to keep his tone as polite and mild as possible, but if there was one thing he knew, he couldn't stand baby-talk, even from his own babies.

Antheô peered out from his mother's side and blinked. He did not have the most experience with others his age (seeing as he was so young), but the words sounded strangely inviting. Quietly, he padded out from where he had been hiding, then he reared up slightly on his hind legs. When his paws hit the ground, a small spray of freshly fallen snow scattered. The white kyunru fawn paused and seemed to think over his current action. The white snow's appeal seemed to grow better with his experience with it.

With a slightly mischievous smile, he ran towards his brother as quickly as his short legs could manage, then slid to a stop, spraying the white powder towards his fluffy brother. When he was no longer sliding, he sat there with a rather content grin on his face. THAT was fun.

The wolfish Kyuria sighed, then said something he never thought he'd have to say in his lifetime: "You two play nice!" He momentarily heard his dad's voice in his head, very clouded and foggy. Keeping as careful an eye on the boys as possible, he made his way back over to his mate with a sigh. "...boys will be boys?" he offered.

Antheô didn't quite understand what his father was saying, but his tone seemed a bit stern. This was enough to scare the boy straight as a line. However, he'd forget such an emotion as he suddenly got his own flurry of snow-powder shaken in his direction. The fawn, being white like the snow, didn't look any different with the white powder on him. It felt different though, because it was cold and it was melting into his fur. Unlike his father and his younger brother, his fur was not very fluffy. True enough, it kept him warm, but it was also easier for him to get cold when wet.

Given a moment to recover, Antheô stood himself up again and attempted to shake off the remaining bits of snow on his fur. There was no spray this time, since much of the snow had already melted and stuck to his short fur. Despite the slight discomfort of cold, the edelweiss fluttercorn still seemed eager to play. Without a hint as to what he was planning on doing, he suddenly began to run around, purposely sliding in one direction, then clumsily trying to head in another direction while mid-slide. Such actions resulted in him spraying up much snow. After about 4 sprays of snow, he glanced back to his younger brother, as if expecting him to do something.

While leaning in towards his mate, Lasuk's narrow eyes watched the fawns. "I don't think either is being a bully." He nuzzled against Sylvera's neck in an attempt to reassure her that such a thing would never happen with their two boys. His tail seemed to appreciate the attention and brushed itself into the unicorn spirit's dark paw.