Ouroboros Spine xvii. like we're lovers

The birdwatcher, so enraptured by glowering at the caterpillars, startled slightly when she caught the pale movements of the Star in her peripherals. Wide peridots full of surprise met Sialuk's sunbeam eyes, fallow ears splaying in her chagrin as she smiled in embarrassment at having been caught. "Greetings to you, Sialuk," the herdstalker demurred softly, tail wagging in return as her annoyance was dispelled by the other woman's presence.

"Apologies, I was just a little upset to see these bugs," she stressed the word with a hint of disgust, "eating my plants."