Stavanger Bay A Mile Step By Step

The smile on his face when he spoke of his family gave truth to the statement, it also tilted the corners of his maw into the sun the expression catching her eye. She hummed in agreement with his words, and though she had asked Rodyn to ask Kukutux about matchmaking she had not been in a hurry. When he added she felt her paws sink deeper into the sand a smile on her face, as she felt a nervous breath tickle her tongue. But she felt that thread of hope and the quiet enjoyment of his company and replied, warmth thrumming through her words, the end of the statement suffused with a laughter that belied no deception. "I'd like to get to know too, and I do like what I've come to know so far." But though she said it in all seriousness her next step took her a half step closer, not quite nudging barely brushing her pelt and a flash of a smile before setting her path back side by side.

She let time flow between them, not counting the seconds but feeling it all the same. And she found herself curious over one of the details she had known and yet had not fleshed itself out in her mind. "In that vein...Moonwoman mentioned you studied the stars. What drew you to them?" Heph was used to using a few of the stars to navigate, her mother and sister's words echoed in her head briefly, wishes are for stars. But because many of them changed positions with the seasons she found the north star, the sun, and her own knowledge of the surroundings to be what she used most to find her way.