Dragoncrest Cliffs a woman young and old

mireille nodded when the ruby spoke, eyes glimmering with hope. "what be your name?" she asked after a moment. "i be mireille and dis is my maman erzulie. she be a medic," mireille said with some pride and a thump of her tail.
her mind was playing over caracal's words: younger brother to meerkat. so connected somehow to a family that was seeming more expansive by the moment.
she waited for the water-licked woman to speak, setting the moss at her wet paws and urging another drink if so wished.