Blacktail Deer Plateau The sound of my heart

Kisu's heart squeezed and his stomach clenched as if he had been kicked in the gut. His silvery-goldenrod eyes explored the girls face, and besides the rust, she was all Pied. The snowy white fur, the indigo eyes that were the exact hue of the one half of Pied's eye... even the size of the girl was a reflection of her mother.

He almost didn't say anything more, but the thought of his dead mate made him press on. "Saēna, you and your brother were born a few days after Tytonidae and Osprey, Jr.. Your mother died when you and Pura Virtúte were born. Hawkeye and Perergine are your aunt and uncle... they helped take care of you since I was sad and you needed a mother. Saēna... I am your father. The rust on your face is from me, from your grandmother. Your white fur, your height, your purple eyes, your pretty face... it's all your mother. You remind me so much of her..." Kisu had gone off on a tangent, willing the girl to understand what he said, not thinking about her age, just of the importance that she knew who and what her mother was. He repeated everything he had thought in his mind, hoping it would stick.