Blacktail Deer Plateau i remembered this song

he stayed put at her command, keeping low and quiet. he knew how it worked with the girl, now. for a moment, he wished pema would come of her own volition; sorrel was clearly more comfortable with a woman around, and his presence felt intrusive and brash.

but she clearly didn't want him to leave, and so he stayed. but he didn't know what to do. like much of the time with children--or, in this case, a young adult stuck in a childlike state because of some past trauma--he felt too grown-up, too much of an authority figure to relate to them.

without thinking, he began to murmur-sing a tune his mother had entertained him with, once upon a time. it was meant to be a tongue-twister, the last line urging the listener to repeat the first line. . .but she didn't have his tongue, so she, of course, could only listen. he hoped she'd take comfort from it, at least.

"chanda chamke cham cham, chikhen chaukhanna chor,
chiti chaate chini chatori chinikhor. . .
kitna mushkil yeh gaana zaara gaake dikhana."

song is "Chanda Chamke" from Fanaa; not linking cuz i'm lazy lol