I Spy

Walk | Talk | Think

Rory watched closely as the earth-colored wolf gave her his full attention and moved his mouth funny the same way that Mommy and Daddy did. She watched the way his lips moved, how they worked to form the words that she still struggled to hear. Even this close, they were nothing more than sounds, soft, muffled noises that were incoherent and pointless to her. If she had even a tiny inclination of what the words meant, she might have been able to pick them out of the messy mumble that she heard, but lacking the practice or the knowledge it all went right over her head.

But gestures, on the other hand...those she understood perfectly. Her ears perked and her head turned so she could stare at the little hedgehog Terrae motioned towards, and again that innate urge to poke at the creature reared its mean head. Instinct and logic warred - she wanted very much to the poke the animal and see what it would do, but Terrae seemed to pal around with it a lot. Would it make him mad? She did not want to make him mad. He smiled a lot and carried around a bunch of plants like they meant something, and she doubted he would let her linger nearby to watch him work if she upset him or his little friend. Safe for now, Aurora thought, and fidgeted her feet.

More muffled sounds, garbled noises, drew her golden gaze back to her uncle, and though she had not understood his question she still tilted her head to the side again with curious intent.