Silver Moonlight

It came as no surprise that Lillith wanted to continue with their plans to visit the far north. Despite the daunting obstacles they would have to face, the little silver Adravendi had never shied away from a challenge, at least not as far as he'd seen. Of course she was going to want to prove herself, and if she felt up to it, who was he to tell her no? She already had one overbearing male in her life telling her what she could and couldn't do, she didn't need another. She claimed that the extra season of recovery and training would help strengthen her body for the trip, then already began to plan a winter training regiment for them. Romulus laughed, but it wasn't in spite or mean-spirited towards her, it was out of amusement and awe of Lil's indomitable spirit and her strength of will to keep doing more and more. She yearned so much to lead a more daring life, and it brought a smile to his roguish face every time.

Roman returned her smile with an easy grin of his own, squeezing Lillith gently in his forelegs against his body a little tighter. "Oh you know we'll be doing winter training," he remarked with a wink to her. "Build up our strength and stamina, get us both a little more fit for long distance trekking, let our winter coats bulk up. Oh, and you still owe me a revenge spar for forcing me to know what sand tastes like." He stuck out his pink tongue and made a grimacing face, though the playful grin he put on afterwards let her know he was just razzing her as he enjoyed so very much. "We'll be able to see everything between here and the North by the time we're done getting ready! Every forest and river and valley and plain and lake!"

It was an easy thing to promise in words, but Roman meant every one of them. Whatever Lil wanted, he would find a way to give to her. Her sparkling garnet eyes made his heart skip beats like it was dancing a samba in his chest. He smiled down at her, bringing a large paw up to gingerly caress her cheek while he held her gaze, watching the twinkle of the stars and the fire of life dancing in those rubies. Gods, it was so difficult to not want to kiss her again in a moment like this! But, as difficult as it was, Roman resisted, unwilling to put Lillith out of her comfort zone that far again. "You know you're amazing, right, Lil?"

"Speech"