Wish upon a star (Ashiel)

Ashiel was about to protest the woman's statement of there being no such thing as spirits, because obviously there were, when he was struck dumb by the realization that he was being foolish. Why on earth was he assuming that every creature with an odd coat was a spirit? His sister was pelted in extravagant fashion and though their father was a spirit she wasn't… as far as he knew. It wasn't uncommon for some mortals to be blessed by spirits though…. if this woman didn't believe in spirits that didn't explain her coat. He stared at her in surprise. "Wait, what, you were just… born like that? Sorry, you know I shouldn't have assumed. I mean my sister has a pretty spectacular pelt and she's not a spirit but our father was one."

Hold on, she knew Iskra? He made a face. Dangit, someone was lying here and he had a feeling he'd just been had. "You're kidding…" It was a question but an utterance of irritation. That darn Iskra! "She told me she was a spirit but if your sisters I guess she's not. Has she always been such trouble?"

The woman introduced herself as Leto Aeris and Ashiel grinned at her moose comment. "Oh, I don't know. If we get some nice antlers and some mud." He laughed. "So did you catch that chicken here in this territory?"

"Talk"