Hideaway Strath Return to the stars

A short time went by and her suffering had mellowed into a sharp, poignant ache. Every time she realised that Mars would never stand up again, that she would never hear his voice, that she would never share the secrets of the unknown with him it made her breath quicken and heart ache. She was feeling the first bits of true loneliness and she didn't know what to do.

Yet the stars provided her a savior. One that grabbed her attention in a voice that was unfamiliar but spoke words in the intimate language of a home left behind long ago.

"when someone speaks this language, only then do you know you are not alone" 

"Daddy?" she gasped and turned around, eyes wide with hope and disbelief. The man she saw was not her father, that was easy enough to tell. Her expression changed into one of curiosity and it sank in....he was family. Relief flooded through her so strongly and she did what she remembered being taught to do. On her belly she crawled to him and extended her neck, licking the hollow of his throat as he tail tapped a beat against the ground. "Ztalvasi nenx- tu'iea drajunas zinot tapti' nuo j'us" she breathed the words as she pressed her head against his chest her voice pleading while sounding relieved. She didn't know there were others but it didn't matter. It was him wbo was here to save her and the calm, aura of control was so similar to Mars. She was sure of him and even if he didn't want her around, she would follow him always. He had spoken Tsis and it had awoken the feeling of home inside of her and she had nobody else to go to.