Alpine Lake the stars shine for you, only you

wrap this up soon? (and have another one of course!)

Aerlinn’s speech is lovely and it causes a rise of heat in his cheeks, the soft flutter of his umbra dipped ears against his skull because it revolves around him. Mato is not arrogant in all matters, and the druid’s whiskers tremble in …not necessarily embarrassment for he is not embarrassed that he has become so much to her: her tether, her comforting presence, her polaris that keeps her from getting lost. It is flattery, he realizes. He is flattered and he is touched by her words because he hears the raw sincerity within her tone and it warms his heart. Her words cause his breath to catch in his throat and his bright, apple green gaze to soften as it touches upon her even as she looks away from him, to the heavens that stretch like a velveteen canvas above them waiting to be painted with the constellations and stories they tell. She has faith in him, unyielding faith, assures him that she sees the ability to lead within him. He can only hope that she is right, that he does Tindómë and it’s pledglings right and is a good, fair but just leader. It is a concern he harbors, of course, for he’s never led anything in his life, as she points out he is green. He is young. He is yet untested and he is as much a gamble as his pack concept but there were wolves that shared in that faith. He does not speak though he is indefinitely grateful to her and her undying support of him though the empyrean thinks it must take a whole lot of faith. She touches her muzzle to his cheek, her black leathery nose pressing against the fine fur of his cheek. The moonbeam kissed druid lets out a soft noise of contentment, something akin to a feline’s purr. Subtle, but not unhidden. Subtly, he shifts so he is closer to her: so that their shoulders touch lightly as his gaze settles back to the mirrored sky upon the lake’s surface, his mind buzzing and his heart warming towards Seabreeze in ways he does not yet fully understand; but acknowledges nonetheless.