Stirring Shadows [Drachen]

Aurielle flashed a quick grin as Drachen quickly accepted her offer of learning, nodding and rising to her paws, chuckling at his remark. “My father was – and is – of that mindset. My twin and I were getting lessons in our family tongue and everything else he could stuff into our minds as soon as we were old enough to retain the knowledge. He made sure to make the lessons simple enough for the very young, but we worked our way up very quickly.”

Solveiga, too, had been a wonderful mother, in those early weeks and months, before everything came crashing down. She’d been patient, sweet and knowledgeable about herbs and healing, which had been her calling as a healer, and between their mother and Paladin, it was no wonder Aramis had taken on the calling as well, and though Aurielle’s path had been the one she walked now, she had absorbed just as much as her brother in those early times.

Her eyes scanned the plains, briefly flickering with a faint hope, as though the thought of her brother might conjure him, but there was no ink-black, blue-shimmering man there. He was still missing, for the second time in her life.

Turning her mind back to the present, she smiled at Drachen, tipping her head toward the hill, eyes flicking across the sky as she offered, “Then follow on; my supplies are in the alcoves. I’d like Enzi to learn as well, but if she’s hunting for herself, I don’t want to disturb her. You’ll have homework afterward, so feel free to include her.”

She padded ahead, pace easy, letting him catch up and keep pace with her.

Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Labhair an Sean-Teanga." ---- "Hear" ---- Think