Firefly Ravine "Speak", the queen said

The smile disappeared from the little girl's face with a whimper of disappointment as her mother shook her head. She didn't understand much of the sentence itself, but it was undoubtedly something about why mother couldn't play with her. She wandered closer to her mother, silently asking for permission to cuddle up against her. If nothing would happen, she was better off asleep- the time seemed to go faster that way. With a yawn she lied down, either snuggled up against her mother or somewhere near her depending on how she would react to her request. 

Her tiny ears swiveled around as a word she sort of knew was said, and her eyes popped open. Plaaay! She let out excitedly, a yawn soon following.