dreams of tomorrow

Every happy memory she had was with Talon. Though she had met others in her travels she had never really connected with them in the way that she had with the boy before her. Faces had come and gone, she had helped a boy recover from a fall from a cliff with another lady and met a few males in the north but other then that she had always been fairly comfortable in her solitude. Memories of her mother's warmth and language had faded to the background of her mind as well just as Talon's had. Even memories of Prospero were beginning to fade to the background. All she remembered were the scars, the odd and skewed perspective he had created for her of the world and the warmth in with they had taught each other their languages. It was because of Prospero that she had been able to communicate with Talon and Misty on their first meeting as crude as it had been. Without him she would not be here now, in this moment pressed against Talon and happier then ever before.

Yes? That word ping ponged around in her skull like a rocket, zipping off the curvatures of her skull so hard that she could barely breath. Yes. He would stay with her. She didn't care if he wanted to go to her island with her, or if he wanted to join a pack again. He would stay with her. Here, there anywhere she didn't care. As long as she was with him she would be happy, honestly and truly happy. He repeated her statement, saying that he would be happy anywhere with her and she couldn't help but smile at the statement. He tightened his grip around her as she pressed herself into his chest and let out a content sigh. Forever. She wanted to spend forever like this, right here with him. But then he was speaking again, the vibrations of his worst echoing up his throat and tickling the top of her skull so much so that she giggled slightly at the feeling, ears fluttering against the feeling to tickle his throat a bit more as well. But then his touch and warmth left her as he pulled away and she would lift her head, ears pricked forward attentively.

'I think I love you.' He said softly and for a moment she studied him, mind trying to wrap itself around this word. What did love mean? Her mother had said it to her every night yes but those memories were fading fast and she had not heard the term since. But was that what she was feeling? That warmth that started deep down in her belly and spread through all her limbs whenever he was around? She had never really had a word to describe it until now. She had tried but nothing had quite fit it. Love? "Don't you know when you love someone?" She asked curiously, flopping back on her haunches though she was still within reaching distance of Talon. "I know I love you?" She said, a smile playing easily on her lips as she reached forward with a paw to take a playful swipe at his nose. She hated being apart from him, even this small distance between them was almost painful to her. All she wanted to do was curl up beside him like they used to. She just needed to be beside him.

Speech!