Blacktail Deer Plateau tumble down

Eilidh liked the meaning of Malachi's name. Messenger. She pictured a brave wolf moving from pack to pack, telling them the way their lives would grow, and helping them achieve what he said they should. What was that called? Dusty something? Eilidh shrugged the thought away and smiled instead. "I like your name." Eilidh wasn't one to lie, either; she told the truth no matter what! That was part of her duty as princess: always keep the truth in her heart.

But then Malachi's whole body changed and he seemed to sag, to be sad as he said his parents probably were disappointed. Eilidh frowned as she sat, wondering..."What does...um...disappointed mean?" It was a big word, and she took her time very carefully sounding it out in her head before she spoke it aloud. "You are strong and healthy and smart! They couldn't not like those things, right?" Her mind was still childish in that regard, even if she understood much of the world she had encountered. But this was different. Eilidh could not understand what the word meant or how it could be applied from parents to their children.