Big Salmon Lake french toast

The stranger sounded out her name and Meerkat nodded, smiling a little. She offered her own name, then asked if Meerkat lived here. The questions were rather commonplace, though her speech pattern was intriguing. Perhaps the common tongue wasn’t her first language.

I live there, she said, turning slightly to point at Moonspear, visible above the treetops of Bramblepoint. It’s called Moonspear, Meerkat added, facing Kusuma again. Both the mountain itself and the village—the pack—residing there. Where are you from, Kusuma?