OOC| Sorry for the delay, love. Had a bad week. :(
Another brief smile flashed along Kuwindwa's maw, her bronze eyes meeting his blue one's for a moment and lingering as he answered her barrage of questions as best he could. She had promised herself she wouldn't do that to the dear boy, but here she just had. But his answers were precious, and a small part of Kuwindwa - a part she thought lost along with Wawindaji - treasured each word the boy spoke. "Well," she began as she pulled herself properly onto her paws to stand, "New places are exciting!" She tried - and failed - to enthuse. She was a bit jaded with all the wandering herself. It seemed like so long she could barely remember what it was like to have a stable, unchanging environment. "But having a home is nice as well. It is very nice of you to think of your mother! The flowers are very beautiful this time of year..."
She should move on. She should go. But she had a name now, for one of his mothers at least. Novel - she would tuck it away in case she might ever need it. It was with considerable effort that Kuwindwa actually had to begin padding away, though some part of her was tempted to accompany the boy. No sooner than the thought arose than it was promptly squashed by a sudden, harsh, self-defeating thought: the last time she was responsible for a young life... No. Stop. That is past. It is dead. Dead, dead, dead... He was not her responsibility and she would not make him so. Kuwindwa shut down, her heart encased in ice yet again.
"So I leave you here, dear Psalm. I mustn't keep you any longer - we would not want those flowers to wilt while our gums are flapping! Fare well." She barely looked at the boy as she turned and padded northward, her tail waving a brief goodbye.
Kuwindwa exit?
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