Silverlight Terrace glitter sterling and gold

He let her touch him, distracted. He hardly noticed, so fixated was he on telling her of his new obsession. 

When she gestured beside her, he hesitated, a frown crossing his features for a split second, before he carefully stepped around her. He turned in a circle once before settling down on his stomach. He was not quite comfortable enough to lay on his back and, besides, he was happier looking at her than he would be the sky. He lay close enough that their pelts brushed and he could feel the warmth of her next to him...he liked it.

She didn't know plants. "Ah. More of a..medic? A naturalist?" He had figured as much - it had been a shot in the dark - but then...her friend? He brightened. "Would she take an apprentice?!" he blurted, not unlike when he had vomited the same sentence to the strange woman. He didn't think about Qiao's rejection just then. He, after all, wasn't standing in front of this mystery friend of Keyni's and asking her himself. If he were, he might have had more shame after his experience.