Naaghai Lowlands hand

a gentle grunt of excitement came from zoug. she explored the fur of his chest, taking his scent, and he was very still. it was the first time the shy-one had allowed him so close, and his tail moved also.

"zoug," he said of himself. "khandl," of her. he lifted his paw again and made a sweeping gesture at the earth. in his throat, a clan word, little more than a sonorous growl that expanded and rounded, meaning to express the length of a territory.

home was the meaning of the sound.