Moonspear a crown of red, king humming bird

a mountain would move, given reason enough -- arcturus felt the promontory he clambered upon shift abruptly, a landslide beyond his powers of comprehension. there was no rise underneath him anymore, no slope to be scaled -- instead, the obstacles in his path fell back not unlike the sea before moses, and arcturus blithely tumbled on.

he plodded towards his sister's chest, comforted by the warmth of her body. her scent was different from his mother's, and he breathed in deep, too ignorant to realize the error he had committed. content with his newfound lot in life, he issued a tiny yawn -- his tiny pink tongue curled neatly between a row of pearly milk teeth.