Lake Rodney Life was so much better with you there

Shemesh nodded, her tail giving another small wag. She loved being named after the sun just as much as she loved resting in its light. To be called anything else, even names as pretty as the ones Alaric mentioned, wouldn’t feel right. Except maybe Esther; she liked the name Esther. But that wasn’t really the point, was it?

Shemesh blinked at Alaric, briefly convinced he was joking. Her ears folded in dismay. ”You know, a road. Like… Like a long, stone-covered trail? Big machines travel on them, like cars and trucks.” She explained the best she could, realizing the gap in their life experiences for the first time. Did he not know the word, or had he never even crossed one? Getting directions from the wolf might be more difficult than she first thought.

Shemesh urged her ears to perk back up, hoping to hide her disappointment. It wasn’t his fault he didn’t know what a road was; he didn’t need to!