Qeya River "if only, if only," the woodpecker sighs

He tests the name upon his tongue and he does well, given it's something of a mouthful. Most of her own would call her Heda, absorbing the title into her name. Only a few would call her by her given name, and even less a shortened version. Gyda had her own and Wildfire—the thought causes a sudden pang in her chest—uses another. She takes a deep breath to shake the feeling as Denali further explains his ignorance.

"What do you mean?" she questions, noting the use of she and only she. What of the male? Neither names she can recall, if they'd been given at all, but her curiosity remains the same.