Exit Does Not Exist

Quote:((translation: Mother? Elk... Dead...))

His eyes snapped open to meet her own wide orange and yellow ones, she stared up at him curiously, searching for answers in his marred features. What had happened to this male to make him so disfigured and sad? She had noticed the tears that grew in the corners of his eyes and slid down his nose to fall to the ground to join the rest of the water soaking into the beach. She had licked the tears from her mothers eyes many times, something in her almost reached for this male to comfort him. But he seemed confused at her words and she flipped large ears towards him. What? Confusion was obvious in her expression as eyebrows furrowed together. "Koose... Me?" She asked, trying to repeat his words to the best of her ability but words tasted foreign and awkward on her tongue. But next came words that came from his mouth she recognized. Mother... Mother was gone. "Ina? Hehaka... Kte..." She stumbled out the words, ears pinning to her skull as gaze was cast downwards. She had watched her mother try and take down a young elk that had lost its mother only to chase it back towards a bull elk that had gored her mother to death. For two days Kangi had wept beside her body before basic needs and scavengers had driven her away. She knew this male wouldn't understand her words, and for a moment she stared at the ground, wracking her brain to find the words she was looking for. But she could only find one to describe her mother. "Gone..." Word would slip from her tongue like a stone, little more then a whisper, before looking back up the male with a slight hope in her eyes. Had she chosen the right word? Would he understand?

;;kangi