He had watched over his nieces and nephews, out of sight and out of their minds though. He never really approached them, never really driven to be apart of their lives in such a direct way. Yet he knew they were family and blood. He knew that the blood of Andromeda may run deep in them and they have the gift of dreams. It was harder to tell with them though. None of them had glazed over eyes, lacking the pupil, but that was just a more obvious sigh. Dreams can speak to many, the other world mysterious and he wondered if any of them had any strange experiences such as his.

But he never approached them to figure it out.

His song though, riddled with its reasons, appears to have drawn someone in. It was not exactly the intention, but the intention of things does not always lead to the expected result. His mind was on Raven and how she was doing, but ultimately Taviora had been his home, and it was a Taviora resident who visited him with the sparkling world above them. His muzzle lowers as his opal eyes scan the winter world. His form was grand looking upon the rock, with only his red spine reflecting in the soft winter light.

His orbs place themselves upon the younger girl. He remembers the days when he was lanky and awkward like she is now. she will grow and she will form into something great, this he knew. He is silent as she approaches, her form curious as she lifts herself and rests a paw against a tree next to him. She acknowledges him as her Uncle, and in this she is correct, although he barely considers how she knows this since he knew since before she opened her eyes to the world the first time.

He simply nods his head with eyes closing momentarily. He motions his head, beckoning her to jump up and join him on the large rock. It was large enough to accommodate them both with ease.

"Yes, my niece, daughter to Zaphkiel. I have watched over you for many moons now," he says with his lush tenor voice. "Tell me, what do you know of your heritage?" he asks, curious as to what she knows and has been taught. Zaphkiel is always one of adventure and activity. Starfall could hardly see him sitting around with a bunch of pups and telling history stories. Not that he didn't, it just didn't fit well enough into Starfall's mind. Perhaps Zaphkiel does have his moments, and Starfall has more faith in him to teach the ways of their bloodlines.