Moonspear [m] red cloud drifting

... Kusuma has Talis attention - this one make Kusuma feel better. it was a half-truth. Being around him made her yearn to be held, but he did not make movement toward her. So she remained by the entrance, though the coyjackal did retreat into the shadows.

The tip of her paws and nose still lay in sunlight.

Her belly lay across the dirt, paws tucked under it loosely as she again tried licking herself free of the scent. 

It was some time before she spoke again, as softly as possible.

Kusuma has... no kin - Kazakir disappear before Kusuma and Talis did, and Kusuma-ma and -da sleep back across big lake. Does Talis... have kin?