The Sentinels there lies a leafy island

He spoke some words to her, and Emaleth giggled with delight— she loved to hear them, though she did not understand the meaning behind them. And even more than hearing them, she loved to repeat them, so his explanation was met with a joyous, "Naahhh daaaaa!" as she kept a clumsy gait toward him. Nearing him, she sat, her tiny tail wagging behind her and making her whole body shake as she looked up at him— a pupil patiently awaiting her lesson.

The Bringer smelled as different as he looked, but a subconscious part of Emaleth attributed that to the difference of the Otherworld compared to Home; and so when his paw came down to nudge her, the babe shrieked with delight, falling to her back— a game! The dark child wiggled slightly, and told him, "tickle! tickle!" though her babble would be nonsense in his ears.