She'd been having an afternoon nap, doing her best to absorb the heat of the day, which paled in comparison to other times of the year (but was still warmer than other lands). As she dozed her lip twitched at times, and the wind caused her feathers to whisper as they brushed across one another. She was fortunate that was rarely plagued by nightmares, as unsettled as she was during the day, Ampere was good at sleeping. Maybe that was a sign she had a clearer conscious than she realized, or maybe she was just so exhausted by the time she let her head down her body literally couldn't fight itself any more. Whatever the reason, Ampere was content.
"MOTHER"
Kygo, dozing nearby in a tree, startled at the sudden sound and awoke wide-eyed and squawking. This in turn roused Ampere, who's head lifted slower, but who's soul beat with the bird's adrenaline. It wasn't the name so much as the shouting that had startled the parrot, but as Ampere woke, she recognized the lack of a threat and muttered, "silly bird," as she prepared to settle back into slumber. However the yell came again, and this time she heard it, and it was the name that hit her more than than the yell. The name, and well, the voice behind it. "Tae?" she asked, groggy but swiftly rising as she sensed something of urgency. Kygo, reaffirmed with Ampere's rising swiftness, screeched in alarm and took to his wings as Ampere set out on foot.
It didn't take her long to find the girl, her daughter not having been far, but one dune hiding her from view until Ampere crested it. She sped up as she sighted her daughter, fearing the worst (Grusha's dead - because she wasn't there too - Tae's injured, Gaucho is injured, the herd is being attacked...). Some saner part of her would have recognized different cues from Tae, but as she wasn't usually shouted for like this by her children, she delved into madness with a certain carefree attitude.
"Tae!" she called out to her filly who was partially ghosting away. Worry knitted her 'brow, knowing Tae only did that when she was upset. "What's wrong!" she exclaimed, breathy as she approached and reached out to search her daughter for blood.
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