The Sunspire so we share

"by eating," terance purled, tail waving as he settled on the ground. at first, the way seabreeze had so eloquently phrased her statement, terance feared she'd say something bad. but she was... smiling... so terance couldn't imagine she had any bad news.

and-- whoa-- that wasn't bad news at all. in fact-- "that's... the best news i've ever heard-- i think," he said with a dip of his head, leaning forward to nudge the side of his cheek, "we did it a few times, actually." hardy har, terance fell into a short chuckle along with her own sheepish giggle. 

 "my hopes are up anyway-- if you're gonna be all pessimistic someones gotta be optimistic. you wanted this-- right? we decided that."  terance, now at least, most certainly wanted this. his statement was phrased teasingly, but he was serious. he was kinda upset she was so wary to say anything definite... just enjoy the moment, right? even if it was gone tomorrow. despite a lifetime of misgivings-- injuries and loss and heartbreak, terance was osprey's son, after all. the bright side of things was never hard for him to find.