Learning Pains

Even though she had been raised in the desert, and knew it well with its harsh beauty. She liked how the wind here in the Col bit into her thin coat during spring. How the summer felt wet but cool enough to breathe in. She loved how the caves offered privacy and adventure, sometimes glittering and sometimes surprising. She loved the bustle of the market and how everyone here had a job to do. No idle paws.

He admitted that he had heard about Ollie, Wylan, Zions, and Wynter's mother leaving. She hummed in ascent, her head nodding sagely. It would make sense. Of course, he would start to worry about whether or not she was leaving!

He let her pull him in and when the tickles became more annoying than fun she quickly stopped. She hugged him firmly, safely, he was soft, if a little pokier than Wylan's bear, Glacier.

"My sweet boy," She replied, nuzzling him, "I love you too."

"Speech"