The sole tom gave a squeak and finally shut up -- though only momentarily, as if to catch his breath -- and then he was wailing once again.
"Dude, can't you shut them up?" Okrakit meowed loudly, her complaint echoing around the den. Her mother seemed to be nowhere -- that and her siblings. So she supposed she'd have to find herself an adventure on her own. The blue she-kit was feeling rather sour about the whole issue, and thus in none too good a mood.