Redtail Rise XXXIX

he too thought the other girl was rather sleepy, and so kept her close as she grew.

he gave the little grayling a lick to the back of her miniscule head, rumbling in low notes to her the name of her sibling, her mother, her father, her brother.

the girl spoke in strings of words. he held his paw still, marveling at the disparity in sizes, and he growled the same to her, ending in a croon punctuated by a thump of his tail.