Kromium & Karat
Karat was the older of the twins(by mere minutes), but she felt a sense of duty over her brother's safety. He was much less concerned about it than she. Carelessly running about the jungle.
When their mother made known her worries, she listened. The monsoon had come very near the day they were born. They remembered little, but the debris scattered about was a constant reminder. So Karat took the warnings to heart. Kroms' thoughts wandering to a beautifully decorated butterfly that had just landed upon a waxy, broad leaf. His emerald eyes, then muzzle, following it's flight path to it's chosen perch. Her face scrunches in distaste at her brother for a brief moment, before softening upon the bright insect. Her face swivels to meet her mother's gaze, "We will be more careful, mother." She leans to her right and nudges Krom to agree as well. He stammers as his brain plays catch up, "Oh..umm...yes, more careful." A smile forms on his emerald maw before his attention averts again to the butterfly. It doesn't stay long, as more droplets of water are kicked airborne, "Mom!" They cry in unison, their noses dip to the stream as they intake a mouthful of water. Expelling it in a thin stream and aiming at the bulk of her body.
As the water hits their mother, they turn tail and rush to the thicket where they had spent the night. Dodging puddles and leaping over fallen trees, they giggle. Karat reaches her muzzle to nip at Kroms' emerald tail. His heels kicking up to detour her advancement. Bolting to his left, he knocks into her shoulder with his. Pushing her deeper into the brush. The rough bark of a palm tree scraped against her hide. She cries out, "OUCH, Krom! Don't push me. Look what you did!" Stopping abruptly, her neck cranes to view the source of pain along her hip. Krom stops beside her and comes around her rump to look at the injury. His eyes saddened by his sister's pain and anger. Regretfully he nuzzles her, "Sorry Karat... I didn't mean to hurt you." He hadn't listened to mother in the least apparently. He turns his head to view where he is sure mother was following right behind them. Ears falling flat as he prepares for a scolding...
@[Krone]