Ocean's Breath Plateau caught in the waves

“To a man?” Seal echoed. Suddenly, the young woman thought of the birds and the bees speech with Meerkat, and the girl blushed so hard she thought her nose had turned bright red. She quickly cupped a paw over it, just to be safe.

To think of her friends differently was a strange notion. The next time they saw each other, they would be children no longer.

“What about girls in your village?” Seal asked as her embarrassment began to change into curiosity. Eventually, she would learn to lean into the close circle of women in her life. “Do they seek a spirit walk, too?” she wondered.

And what will that change look like for me? The girl asked herself.