till dawn

It was a relief to hear his native tongue. He did not mind speaking the language of these lands, but his family's own language came far more easily, with little effort. His grin was wide and genuine as he regarded this boy - he was not a child, but young enough to be a child of his - and his tail wagged in a wide arch behind him. Gladly he would move forward, seeking to arch his neck around the other man's in a brief display of affection before pulling away once again

"Ja se onilo tavata, poika Solja," he spoke earnestly, his gaze moving from Duvka to search the sky. "Jumalat tanssia tänä iltana. En halua ajatella jättää sitä." The display was quite magical, something he'd seen before, but not a common display.. and the colors were pleasing to the eye and to his soul. "Vai tarkoitatko , miksi olen niin kaukana kotoa?" Not that home to their tribe had ever been a single place.. but they tended to move along the same migratory paths each year, and this was far from their usual grounds.