Redhawk Caldera vanillabark

"you would have liked bridget then." there was a pang in her chest. teya almost jerked her words aside. "she spoke of these things too." a pace. a breath. a pause. "do you know about stars? i have always liked them. want to study them — one day."
whatever had she been doing with this year?
the edge of the lake proved frozen solid and dusted with new snow. teya tested several points, even walking lightly out upon the stiff surface. 
"no fish today," she shrugged. her orange-flecked ears swept forward. "show me deer tracks? and maybe, i learn more about faeries too."