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"Hello! Thank you so much!" Pieces exclaimed at the momentary hero, desperately trying to look respectable while shaking off a rabid owlcat. "Oh my goodness I could’ve killed you both," he said, staring at the soggy, sadly somewhat de-tailed doe with dismay. "I am so sorry. But you, me - " a turn to gesture at all of them, a few frantic tosses of his head to indicate how they resembled one another (though he found it a little difficult to relate them to himself beyond his hair - a matter for later), "- everyone, we’re all …family." A grateful smile accompanied his late introduction: "I’m Broken Things - Pieces. The twin sister is Time After Time, Rewind. And um, her here..." he chucked nervously, "Shot Me Down, Bang." A pause, and he asked earnestly, "and the two of you are?"

They (unfortunately) did not drown and, by the time everyone was starting the introductions, Bang was no longer laughing. She wasn’t even smiling. A scowl had settled on her features that made it very clear what she thought about having an extra two siblings.

She stalked forward, but still kept a good distance between herself and the small group.

Hero was not all composed as he may have seemed. Once introductions were requested, the adrenaline started slowing down. The buck's eyes darted from face to face. All of a sudden, he was self-conscious about his name. Where usually, it was a moment of great pride, not -in the face of a rescue of his sister- it almost seemed silly. Of them all, he seemed to be the only one with a short name - which suited him fine, it made his own introduction easy to remember. "I am Hero."

He shook out his fur, making sure that water didn't spray in anyone's face. He watched his twin run off, wondering slightly how much she'd forgotten. It wasn't that he knew her well, but as of late family was on his mind. "It's not so bad, I think the scrapes are closing up - but thank you all the same."

His attention brought to the other buck (and a sideglance to keep an eye on the scowling doe - Bang, was it?), Hero smiled in a boyish fashion. "I believe that would be a safe assumption. Were you looking for us, or is it just the work of the MotherFather that brought us all together? It was on my things to do.... to see if I could find you - mostly Rewind, she was the only one I remembered." He shrugged, "I figured it would happen in time."

Back to Give Up Forever, Hero's tone took more of a older-brother tone (same one when he would chastise a colt for some foolhardy stunt), "And what, if I may ask, was so important to cross that river? If you went up or down-stream a few furloughs - it would not have been so hazardous..."

"Amazing!" Re-wind chattered brightly around the stack of leaves she held between her teeth as she trotted her way back, "there's an entire patch of yarrow just beyond that clump of mangroves that's entirely untouched! Did you know -" The familiar words died in her throat as she caught sight of Bang's intense stare, and she slunk meekly up to her newfound siblings, silently plastering the healing herbs against the larger cuts.

Hero nodded. He thought he could get along with his brother just fine - he seemed like a good buck. The does, overall, were okay. Bang must have inherited more of their father's personality, she didn't seem to want anything to do with them. Compare that to what Pieces said, it was making sense. "Sounds like the type of buck Mother would go for..." it was evident none of them had found her. Vaguely, he wondered how it was that she -for the most part- raised him but not them. Oh well.

With a shrug, the red buck didn't step away to leave. "Not like there are any pressing matters. I just go wherever my Quest takes me and go from there. It was nice to at least meet my siblings. Maybe we will meet again later."

Bang's eyes narrowed at the mention of their father. “Good. I am sick of you, I am sick of her-“ She cast a particularly nasty look at Rewind in that moment. “, and I have no interest in getting to know these two morons.” Another nasty glower, this one aimed at her newfound siblings.

She would have left right that moment, but she hesitated. “I will find our father.” She announced, partly in defiance of Pieces but mostly from genuine curiosity. There had been glimpses. Sometimes the feeling of being watched over.

Their mother, however, was of little interest to the doe. It was time to go.

Give certainly didn't appreciate being called a moron, but there was obviously no use saying anything. "I wish you luck in finding him," she called to Bang as she left, the tone was a little sarcastic but she really did mean it too.

Give focused her attention on Hero, whose name she would never forget since he was very much her hero. "What an amazing thing," she replied, because it was that one of them knew a parent so well. Perhaps that was why Hero seemed to be the most... normal... of the lot of them. "Thank you. I think I'd like to meet her sometime if my travels take me that way."

Feeling much better Give stood and stretched her legs. She wasn't too surprised to look down to find Swallowed Light beside her. "Silly frog," she said her tone that of exasperation and affection.

"Well I have some answers and I have my frog, so looks like its time to part ways for now. I would love to meet up again sometime." She turned to Rewind and smiled, "I really meant that about learning more about healing plants."

Pieces did not speak at Bang's departure, knowing his place - no words from him could dissuade that sibling from searching what she shouldn't. He kept silent at Hero's reveal too, taking the information in. He would have to consider it with what he knew later.

For a brief moment, he wondered whether to warn the newest sister of Rewind's enthusiastic sharing (goodness knows he'd learnt the hard way that a little - a lot of knowledge was a dangerous thing, especially from her overtly busy brain and ever-moving mouth). Instead, he smiled at everyone (spare Bang) warmly, and said: "then let's part well - and remember always that out there, somewhere, there are your sisters and brothers. See you again, perhaps soon!"