Hushed Willows The keeper of this host

A look of consternation passed briefly over her face like a cloud before her expression cleared again. She praised him for his efforts and though little Tambourine didn't understand her specific words, he inferred their basic meaning in the tone of her voice. His caught lip freed itself as his smile broadened.

"Aw!" he crowed, repeating after Tavi before adding, "zzz!" He sounded a bit like a bumblebee. And something about his own vocalizations seemed to inject the three-week-old with a shot of energy because he suddenly spun and began bounding a bit clumsily across the cavern's expansive floor.

"Oo-ee," he repeated with each hop, his tail now sticking out straight behind him as he tried to maintain his balance. "Oo-ee-zzzzz." Without realizing it, he headed in the general direction of The Crook's yawning mouth.