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I know! Ani veritably screamed.

Chickadee asked about the color of Stratos’s eyes and she let out a happy sigh as she drew up his face in her mind’s eye. She couldn’t wait for her sister to see for herself, though she would do her best to describe him in the meantime.

They’re blue, so blue, Ani said, brighter than the sunniest sky I’ve ever seen. We were admiring the icicles in the trees and that’s what they remind me of; they’re so icy! But also warm at the same time, she continued, letting out yet another airy giggle as Chickadee butted her.

Preening now, she told the older girl, He called me ting-miaq and then qu-pa-nu-aq, which mean ‘bird’ and ‘songbird.’ He also said my actual name is pretty, she shared, her excitement reaching fever pitch as she grabbed Chickadee’s shoulders and shook her gleefully.