Are You Soulless?

The voice was unexpected, but the girl didn’t startle, or flinch. Instead she turned towards her new companion with a smile, vibrant colours reflecting in the dappled light. Her excitement only grew more as her eyes found her new acquaintance. Why, she’d never seen anything like the woman before! She had big rounded ears and long, long legs! She was almost the cutest thing the Abraxas had ever seen! “Oh not at all!” she replied, her tail waving welcomingly behind her. “I grew up near the coast, but… well it’s a long story. We’re travelling, my family and I.” She offered instead with a grin, and then, with all the tact of a sheltered child she blurted “What are you?” The colour of her pelt was so vibrant, but not like Modesty and her siblings, and she still couldn’t bring herself to get over those spindly legs.

“Speech”