Hoshor Plains Gentle Girl, Gentle Step

there was no reason to think sobeille had misidentified the meal val brought her. so when ajei confirmed it with a nod, sobeille was satisfied. she knew what otters were.

big, round, rolly poly things with flat tails and buck teeth. yup.

dey be funny. sobeille had never seen them play, but she assumed like everything there was a mainland counterpart and an ocean counterpart. beavers were serious little water-tyrants in her neck of the woods. sometimes they scolded her from the banks of glintwater with the thrash of their tails.

ajei had prompted sobeille to consider -- did she even have a favorite animal? she liked the brilliant russet of fox pelts, and she was mesmerized by the grim grin of the seal skull -- but did she love any of these animals alive?

hm. you ever see a whale?