Stone Circle here comes a candle

bjarna, said mother bear.

bjarna, mumbled back the pale girl.

she finished up what she could of the meal given to her straight from the belly of mother bear. her body could not fathom eating it all. already she felt practically bloated to a point of no movement. parousia — or was it bjarna now? — reclined into the plush furs of mother bear.

ja! she yipped as her toes grasped for the earth. it seemed like a word mother bear had used when excited, now she would use it to express her own happiness.