Cerulean Cape kajuq ⌿

aiolos spoke. "then you will have it," kukutux said, feeling rather helpless in the face of her grief and his own. a pall stretched between them, and when she lifted jadestone eyes to the redsun, it was with a sting. was he dismissing her? of course; this shoreline belonged to yuelong so far as she was concerned.

demurely she let her gaze fall to the snowbound earth where it belonged, a nod beckoning through her slender muzzle. obedience. or something akin to it. "i will see you again, when the storm spirit has departed."

but still she lingered, and at last her ivory ears lifted. "the woman elixir is within your ranks. i think kindly of her." a hint, a nod; if aiolos allowed, kukutux would reach to touch his cheek, once, before she turned and began the snowy trek back toward moonspear.