Stone Circle The secret life of daydreams

There was a small stretch of silence, and then another approached. Nanook raised her attention to meet him, and despite her nerves, her ears pricked with intrigue. So this was Nikai. His boyish voice sounded with a soft and pleasant note, and Nanook eased. Her own her voice went unneeded, for Desna talked for her.

So Nanook scored the boy with a pensive gaze. She noted nothing beyond ordinary, save for the flecks of white that danced through the fur around his eyes, like starlight had come to break the night. But the stars only kissed his face, and though she sought to take his appearance in full, Nanook's eyes finally settled to absorb the strange pattern that marked his cheeks.

Krypton's leave snapped Nanook from her transfixion with a start. Her fur raised, and she stumbled to meet the other woman with a small wave of her tail, and the twitch of a smile - or the closest thing to that. With the anxiety of the moment ebbing to something of stillness, and with the encouragement of her sister's tangible support by her side, she managed a quiet, "Thank you," to the departing Krypton, before returning her focus to Desna and her son, with an equally soft, "Hello, Nikai."