Hushed Willows As the smile fell from your face, I fell with it

Prialux's tail windmilled behind her as she stumbled eagerly toward Tambourine. She scarcely understood a word he said, but it didn't matter. She was just excited to be the center of someone's attention, for once. Kavos and Eros were different. They were her brothers, but one was as stoic as the other, and neither of them were any more loving than Amara was. While Prialux depended on them for protection, as they were her siblings and her family, she didn't find the kind of attention she wanted when she went to them.

But Tambourine gave it willingly. It was such a change that she was practically tripping over herself to get more of whatever this was.

"Hi!" she squeaked again, having no other words in her repertoire with which to respond. He presented an object to her, and she flapped her ears up and craned her neck to stare at it. It was a lovely little flower, if a little wilted, but having never seen one, Prialux didn't know what to make of it. She liked it, though, and beamed happily up at Tambourine before deciding to inspect it further. She slowly reached forward, leaning onto her tiptoes, until she was close enough to smell it, and then she shamelessly chomped down on the head of the flower while her tail and butt wagged merrily behind her.