Ocean's Breath Plateau sweet as brandy wine

The lack of a verbal response no longer fazed him, for the most part. He wished he knew more about what was going on in her mind, but he was beginning to suspect that their thought processes may well be foreign to one another. This did nothing to diminish his love for the girl.

He allowed quiet to fall between them for a while longer, snuffling through the brush in search of a trail. He drifted alongside her, scattered only a few yards, and tried to turn his mind back to hunting. His thoughts drifted, however, as they were wont to, and he found himself standing in quiet contemplation before too long.

"Do you still want to learn to fight?" he asked Sulukinak, his gaze seeking out the girl once more. Perhaps having more of a purpose would help her — or perhaps not. He thought it might be worthwhile to try.