Moonspear there upon your perch, say the words

✴        Despite lacking the vocabulary to explain how he felt about this situation, or how to describe his brother's indomitable bravery, the child sat upon the dusty floor and wiggled his nose after it had collided with Arcturus and did not notice his brother fleeing the scene until he was already close to the void-mother. He peeped, turning his head to look back at the fleeing specter, but then rose up on his little feet and with a holler, went charging at the den's mouth. He did not know what was on the other side of the shafts of light but he did not care — with his head lowered, he resembled a charging bull as he went careening onwards. He ran straight in to Jarilo's legs and collapsed in an awkward heap, and began to squeal like a kettle.