Silverlight Terrace sway my way

While she waited for Fennec to arrive, Meerkat took a seat and enjoyed the morning quiet. Well, the birds were quite loud, though she didn’t mind that at all. She shut her eyes again and tilted her face toward the morning sun, loving the rosy warmth of it.

Footfalls announced her sister’s approach, so Meerkat adjusted her head and peered over her shoulder. She smiled, even if Fen couldn’t see it, then swept onto all fours as the other woman came closer.

Och, she said, a term she’d picked up from Njord, I left before they woke up for the day. Their da’s with them. Since he just got back from his trip, I’m sure they won’t even notice I’m missing, Meerkat said with a fond chortle.

She bit back the, “You ready?” on the tip of her tongue and instead pushed a shoulder into Fennec’s before gliding away toward the terrace. She was sorry her sister wouldn’t be able to see the splendor of the sunrise, though surely she could still feel it.

Thinking about her sister’s blindness earned a sideways glance from Meerkat as she found herself saying, Can I tell you a secret? Something nobody knows about me. Not mom. Not dad. Not even Njord.