phoenix in the ashes

Understanding lit up the girls face as her mother led them towards the land bridge that connected to the Shrine Territory. They reached the sand bar and Kit sniffed it, through of course she had been over it before. It was nice and high above the water level today, and she pranced along it with confidence, tiny beside her mother.

“Yes Mama” she agreed, and then went on to remember what she could of the lesson “Nephi-il-...- Island” ugh, but that word was too long. “Inu, Reku, Dove, Black, Ibon” some were clearly easier to remember than others.

"Speech"