Larksong Grotto XL

Her gaze fell away, knowing he sensed the way she admitted ruefully to her grief. It had been a hard year, and she had some reservations about how it would continue to go, knowing that life was unpredictable and heartbreaking the more one invested their love in others. 

But with someone like Augur, she didn't have to delve too deeply into those things. Her grief was acknowledged, but he would not feed it and make it grow. He turned away and instinctively she was drawn toward him, and when his paws splayed before him, she too sank into a playbow. In the same way in which dance partners know to anticipate each invitation and gesture, Chacal would prance with him again- and when she lifted from the invitation she sprang away, every bit the playful warbler he'd come to know years ago.