Moonstone Quarry o, chanda

"vulvz." she breathed back, hope leaving with the word's air. 

they puzzled her in turn, that they would so associate theirs and hers.

her eyes beheld an animal. fauna. a creature of the wilds. they were alike, but not in a way that mattered - and it made her sad. 

( and she didn't yet comprehend the source of that sadness. )

name.

her expression; stone. she needed speak in ways that would lessen her threat.

"медалина." came her quiet, deep reply. meh - dah - leena. language that was only her and her brother's.

a gentle tilt of the muzzle.

"yu?"