Kintla Flatlands for here i lie in wait; hush little heart

also vague!

Whatever tension had been between Takiyok and him had felt heavy and real. He knew that long term, it was just a movement of colour. It was just how things would be, always. Each of them were designed to deal with what would come, but so far this had been the first of their real hardships.
He knew there would be more to come. He hoped they could deal with them well. And so, he tried to treat this threat of Zephyr being and idiot and dying on him to be one of these "basic" hardships. He could not though. The very idea of Zephyr leaving without an escort after Taikon had left him crying and running away made him feel ill. He worried constantly that Zephyr's scent would be gone forever, and that he would never hear about him again.
It terrified him. Like Taktuq, but... worse.
But as Taikon went, Zephyr came. Like magic. A gold flower was in his jaws. Taikon saw it and didn't say anything.