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She relaxed, knowing that she was here alone with Eri and Desoi. Both were her middle sons, well besides Karit. Lucky, her youngest son was napping so he did not notice that the rest of his siblings left. [[I'm just including that so that it doesn't make it sound awkward that Hound is not here to join us yet.]]

"Well Eri, I am shocked for you to give her up like that." she joked. "I want you to stay here with me. I have been seeing you pass by every once in a while that I was here after all, so wherever you are staying at must surely be nearby?" She knew that it was a large request to ask for her son to remain with her, but he did offer a favor after all. But what if he refused? Or what if he had already settled down with young of his own? "Please tell me about what happened after we separated."

“Mother who am I to stand between my sister spending time with her other brothers, besides I can always play with her later.” He listened to his mother’s pea and felt his heart break. He hadn’t meant to leave her alone. After all so much had gone on in Eri’s life. “Well mother I’m not quite sure where to start or how to answer your question. You see I don’t have a home that I stay in per say, but I do have a place that I would like to go back to and at least visit often.” He felt embarrassed that he was blushing, and yet he couldn’t help it. “Still I would love to come and stay with you. The place I want to visit isn’t so far away. I could live here with you and go see my ..” How could he describe Geneviere Sue? A friend, a possible lover, a angel? “acquaintance.”

Raz watched Jolana walk around them a few times and congratulated her on her steadiness on her feet. "Come then little sister, let me show you how not to chase a rabbit. Then when you are done laughing at me, I will show you the correct way." He headed off after Nasu, not wanting to leave his younger sibling out of the fun. "Let's see if those legs of yours are up to a little trot shall we?" he called back to her, as he began a slow trot across the grass.

Being back with his mother and brothers, and now these new siblings, made him think even harder about the choice he had made, following his father when he was just a colt, south to the lands of the Six. He missed this sort of fun, family time. Nothing like this ever happened for he and Nasu when they were growing up with their father. His life had been one of learning to fight, and follow orders. He was really considering not returning, and he was going to have to face his father if that was the decision he was to make. He only hoped that Nasu was either strong enough to return without him, or brave enough to follow his lead, and stay in the north.

Raz stopped and looked back at his sister. Her question hit him like a strike from one of the stallions in the herd. Had she read his mind? Or were his emotions showing? Either way, she deserved an answer.

"I am not entirely sure Jolana. I have duties in my herd, so I will have to return to it at some point, but for now, I am here, and that is all that matters. Do not worry. When I do leave, I will take you with me in my heart, and know that at some point, I will return again. As you grow older, you will understand how important duty is. Now, let us find a rabbit, and have some fun while the sun still shines in the sky."

Raz spent the next hour racing around the meadow, and in and out of the trees close by, with his sister, trying to scare up a rabbit or two to chase, but try as he might, there didn't seem to be any around. Before long, he called a stop to the futile endeavor and instead began to instruct his sister in other things. Things like how to protect yourself from unwanted suitors. He didn't want to see her fall prey to one like himself when no one was there to protect her. He wanted to make sure she was well prepared to defend herself against any unwanted affections by a stallion.

Eri smiled back at his mother and thought for a moment. “Mother perhaps sometime, if you weren’t to busy I could take and introduce you to Geneviere Sue. I think the two of you would have a lot in common.” He said her name tenderly the way one would touch a delicate flower. He knew Geneviere Sue to be of pure heart and allied with the good Azrein of the greater herd. She and his mother would definitely have a few things in common and would most likely enjoy each other’s company. “Still I think I’d be happy to stay with you when I’m not visiting her. I’ve really missed talking to you mother.” He rubbed his head along her neck wondering when he’d gotten so big. He remembered being a foal and thinking his mother and father were the largest Azrein in the world.

Nasu did not really mind letting Raz take the lead of the rabbit hunt or to call the stop. He was the eldest after all. Nasu would have just continued running around the meadows like a foal with a newly found energy. The southern terrain was rocky, not grassy, after all and his hooves had already got used to the change. He listened carefully to the conversation, but did not always take in the information. Voltaire was already teaching him a few battle skills, but Jolana probably was having her first lesson now.