Ouroboros Spine grackle's song

as kivaluk grows older — what feels like by the day to him! — new concepts occur to him but surprisingly, the fact that he was ( almost ) halfway to being a yearling hadn't. it's mildly perpexling and he blinks slowly. she was right, of course. he and akkuma were well on their way to becoming yearlings ...and he supposes he had not noticed the time flying by because he'd been so wrapped up in their trip to moonglow and all the excitment and homesickness that had came with it.

wow, he breathes, as if he cannot quite believe it. soon, he'd be considered an adult. sort of, at least. quietly, he takes a moment to relish in her praise, in the soft kiss she places upon his forehead. yes! he exclaims with unfiltered enthusiasm; tail giving a soft wag at the idea.