Word Count :: --- :: derp!
Sage couldn't help but giggle as the child instantly recoiled at the taste of the plant; she knew that wouldn't turn out so well. The Optio had once learned the same way that the plant didn't taste quite as good as it's leaves or smoke smelled.
The puppy's emotions were fickle, and at the mention of her mother's name the girl became excited, but then quickly sad, her features drooping pitifully. Sage's black-lined lips relaxed into a concerned frown. Aeron and Io had both left Inferni, and word was that they now lived in Anathema. Their children remained here, something that Sage had thought odd; but it seemed the warrior woman's babes were thriving in the Inferni climate so far. Her concerns were quickly put aside as the tawny pup began to rattle off the names of her current family. Hybrid, the intimidating warrior, was caring for her now, she said, but Sage wondered how much of the rearing he was actually doing.
The child's speech was quick and sloppy, but Sage recognized nearly every name that she had spoken, save the names of Talitha's newborn children; ones she had yet to meet. "What a wonderfully large family!" she commented brightly, smiling. "But where are they now? Do they know that you're here, sweet one?" The greenhouse, while relatively harmless, was not really the best place for an unattended pup.
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