It's a typical old roof, flat and gravelly with a bit of a tarry scent, but it's a good sized building and one entire corner is taken over with planters all carefully constructed from scrap, and pots scrounged from curbs and dumpsters that have seen better days. But they've all been meticulously cleaned, and repaired where needed, and then filled with a riot of plants: vegetables and fruits and a scattering of flowers to brighten it all.

Echo's crouching down already as the door opens, arms spread for DB to run into them, wriggling and whining and licking his face. No one's quite sure if DB knows Echo's his father, but they've all made sure to encourage the unique bond between the two for Echo's sake. The only sign of Dogma at first is a pair of golden eyes looking through the greenery from behind a bed of tomatoes, but when the General slips into his fox form he pokes his head, and then the rest of him, cautiously around the edge, his head down and his tail wagging tentatively.

Tup laughs and follows after DB and the General, waving to his older brother. "Cody made Fives stay downstairs for a talking to," he tells Echo as he pauses to check on plants before passing by. "Dinner will probably be on the table in ten or fifteen minutes."