Roisin had not missed her brother's tense stance before she'd broken into the clearing, but it meant little to her. They had play fought before as siblings do, but she had never feared that he would actually harm her. He may have been only her half brother, but he was as much her full sibling as Aislinn and Akadi now were. Ro knew that Sio had missed Sig too from the way she would often stare longingly after a macaw took off. She had once asked her momma why she watched every macaw that flew, and Siobhan had told her that it had been the first thing Sigurdr had showed her when she arrived, and that she couldn't see them and not think of her best friend.

Eagerly she bounces near her patched brother, although his sudden somberness stills the spring in her step. "What do you mean you can't stay long?" Her face falls into utter despair as she considers the idea that he already wanted to leave her. "That's not fair! You just got back."

She stomps her small forehoof in agitation, her tail lashing at her hindquarters. Sig couldn't leave already! He hadn't even seen Akadi yet! And while her thoughts on her newest sibling were certainly conflicted, that didn't mean she didn't want to be the one to show her off like a proud big sister. It was her turn to be the big sibling after all. Ro's dark-rimmed ears tip back as she glares at him for a moment, but her face quickly crumbles again as he explains where Bjorn had gone.

"Oh," she says softly in response, her ears splaying in her confusion. Was her dad really not coming to say hi? Or to come get them? Why was he waiting a week? She missed him so much it hurt; did he not feel the same? Was she not good enough for him anymore? The thought hurts her heart, but she is not given to holding onto such sadness. He surely had a reason for his absences, because he loved her. "Should we go to the Shore? I miss him a lot."

The thought of moving does not bother her, although she loves her jungle home. As long as she could be with them all, her mother and father, Ailill, Sig, Aislinn, Akadi... all of them, she would be perfectly content. Tilting her head she speaks again, eagerly, still blissfully unaware to the complicated emotions surrounding the loss of the Ridge. "It isn't so bad here with Faolain. She stays away and Aislinn and I play like we used to. Oh! You should've seen it the other day! I got a butterfly to land on my nose."

At his next question her smile, already back and sunny as ever, broadens. "Good, mostly. She cries a lot but Ailill is helping, I think. They were cuddling the other day like she does when I am sad." Her muzzle wrinkles, not sure why she found it so weird for the two of them to cuddle when she had nothing against cuddles in general. Somehow when it was her mom cuddling another adult it felt different. Like they were sharing cooties.

"She's gonna be so happy to see dad though! Should we come and visit? Is anyone else still there? It's so quiet here. I miss everyone." She noses at her brother's shoulder, wide multi-colored eyes open in the biggest approximation of puppy dog eyes as any foal has ever worn.

FILLY | MUTT | 14.3 HANDS WFG | BAY DUN SABINO | THE RIDGE | BJORN x SIOBHAN | LOVEINSPIRED | CREDIT