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It was early evening and the forest was alive with it's own luminescence. This was one of his favorite times of the day, mainly because hunting food was the best during these hours. Plus he had always been a bit of a night owl, Tanhi could attest to that. Speaking of which. He could have sworn his brother had gone this way earlier. He continued down the lightly lite path in the forest following his brothers trail. He was going to ask him something, but he'd plumb forgot what it was now. No matter, it was still always good to see him and his other siblings. Though he hadn't really seen much of any of them lately. He was going to have to change that. Lost in his own thoughts he walked right by the tree in which Tanhi was perched.

Tanhi spotted his brother well before he had spotted him, which wasn't at all. Some warrior he was. He didn't mean that though, his brother was a very skilled fighter. Before he had chosen the path he had, Tanhi had considered the same as his brother, but he believed he could better serve the pride in other ways. He climbed down from his perch and walked up behind P'xan and nudged his hindquarters with an outstreched paw playfully. "Never thought I'd see the day to catch my brother off guard." He chuckled as P'xan startled at the sudden appearance of his brothers "attack".

P'xan laughed and turned and the two began to scuffle around playfully. "Nonsense, I knew you were there the whole time." He lied as he tugged on his ear like they were cubs again.

The two brothers stopped their scuffling when a familiar laugh informed them that their sister was now among them. The two turned their head in her direction and P'xan untangled himself from Tanhi and padded over to her and nudged her shoulder with his head. "How are you sister dear?" He said playfully swatting at her hindquarters with his paw.

Tanhi smiled warmly as their sister came closer and he shook himself once his brother moved away and nudged their sister. "It looks like you have a little bit of paint on you." He said pointing to a spot on her side. "How is the painting going?" He knew his sister loved to do it as a past time and he was curious to know if she had made anything new recently, which by the paint on her pelt was an indication she was working on something.

"Of course we don't." P'xan pawed at his sisters back feet like he was still a small cub learning to hunt. He loved his brother to death and all but her cherished time spent with his sister. "You know me. Same old." He scooted back and laid down on all fours in a semi crouched position.

"I'm sure it's not all that bad." He said pawing at her tail as it brushed his feet. "And what is wrong with your hunting now?" He always thought she was a relatively good huntress. "Maybe it's a chore because you're expecting too much out of it right now. Hobbies are supposed to be a whim thing. Something you don't have to think about while doing." He said trying to be semi-insightful to her.

P'xan laughed as his sister pounced him and he allowed her weight to roll him but he put his feet under her to push her over in return with her own momentum. "What do you mean? You are a pretty good hunter. Who's better than you? You want me to go rough them up." His laughter filled the air as he pawed at her with his front paws.

"Sometimes one does that with a hobby, especially if they are proud of their work." He nipped at his sisters tail tuft. "There is nothing wrong with that though." He took the moment to pounce at P'xan and pin him down again. "If you take a break, at least you'll realize how much you miss doing it." He said while trying to push their brother off him.

"That's good to hear then. I was hoping I wouldn't have to tan someones hide." He winked at his laughing sister. It was so good to be around more than one of his siblings at a time. It truly was a blessing to have such a close family. He wasn't sure what he would do without them.

"A break will be good. Even if it is something you enjoy to do." Tanhi said with a nod of his head. Sometimes you needed a break from even the things you enjoy. "We are both excited to see what you have created." P'xan shook his head in agreement. It was true, their sister did some pretty good work.

"I'm sorry to cut our time together short, but I have some duties I need to attend to." He rubbed his face against his sisters cheek lovingly and gave a wink to his brother.

"I too must head off as well dear one. May the Mother bless you." He gave her a bow of his head for he too must attend to some matters.

"We will always be here to listen to you sister." P'xan said with a purr as Aytanin rubbed her head against him. "May the mother bless you." Said Tahni as the two of them watched her walk away into the forest. They turned and split off into their own paths as well. It had been good to see her again and both of them made a personal note to make sure the next time was much sooner.