Verdigris Ravine Apparition

Candle maintained her investment in learning @Zoug's language. It had proven easier for her than the words S'ari and Kusuma used, the ones she had grown up with, and though her learning was still slow she was desperate for this opportunity to communicate in a meaningful way.

Today she brought him a mouse, and dropped it beside him as he had done with her before. Mouse, The way he had taught her, and a clear request in her eyes. Candle wanted to learn more.