Noctisardor Bypass bleirona

mahler sat back upon his haunches. skaigona moved forward, small tail wriggling behind her. "skai!" she said proudly of herself, having recently learnt the proper name-sound that her mother used. not all of it, but all of it did not matter to skaigona, for now.
druid's breath smelled like green things. 
the little war-child repeated the syllable again, staring at the other pup. perhaps she too had a name-sound to share. "its?" questioningly. was that it?