I woke up this morning to have Fortuna show me this... it's so adorable. <3 Loria seems to have found her dad's nose, and he's not getting away now! Below is a spontaneous snippet I wrote about three seconds ago:

Hueroc sat on his side and smiled at his mate as the two of them watched their rambunctious little hatchlings play between them, scampering about and letting out high squeaky hatchling roars as they wrestled and chased each other about. For a while Taran and Loria would play, then the two of them would suddenly decide to team up on Neth and chase him around--but they were never fast enough to catch the speedy orange youngster, who would scamper away as soon as he saw them both coming after him.

After a little while they grew a little bored of that, though; Taran began to play with Ellora's flicking tailtip, Neth curled up against her chest, and Loria romped over to her father, squeaking excitedly. "Well, hey there little one," he chuckled as she began to try to climb up his side, holding still to make it easier for her stubby hatchling claws to gain purchase. But when he spoke she stopped, and walked over to his snout, looking up at him, her mouth opening and closing...

"My sweet little Loria," he purred at her, lowering his snout to nudge her gently with it.

She sat up and pawed at the tip of his nose, squeaking more. "Da... da! Daddy!"

Hueroc beamed and purred loudly, nudging her again--gently, so as not to push her over. "Yes! I'm your daddy," he said, smiling at her and at his mate. She'd said her first word!

Oh, the simple joys in life...