Blackfeather Woods lighter than an eiderdown

Shivali doesn’t expect the lesson to happen immediately, so when Maegi says cool, she opens her mouth to say something but the girl’s expression halts anything she might have said. Her face turns to concentration and she quietly waits to see what she has up her sleeve. To her surprise, the attempt to share tongue begins now and she smiles a little awkwardly before she watches, listening for her attempt to share words.
 
As she goes through a few things, then looks around to continue with her expressions, Shivali nods. “You know Inuttut too?” she asks, though not exactly what she wants to convey but the woman backs up toward the tree. “Tree?” she tries, then, “napâttuk.” Then, “Ground. Manigak.” She smiles then, wagging her tail and repeating the words she’d said to her with their corresponding word in her own tongue.