Moonspear ^______^

Tikaani took the news in stride, though Treepie gawped a little, little paw still dangling in the air after Killdeer’s deft removal of the stringer. Did they really look alike? They hadn’t had many occasions to study their reflection, though suddenly Pie wanted to clasp Tiki’s elbow and drag her toward the nearest puddle, so they could check out these resemblances.

But then Killdeer said several more fascinating things and Tiuttuk momentarily forgot that idea as their wide, sunny eyes fixed on his face. While Tiki seemed stuck on the bad word, all Treepie could think about was this foreign concept of deafness.

She really can’t hear? How… Pie wanted to know, not entirely certain how to articulate their fascinated question. So they simply repeated an emphatic, How…? in the hopes Killdeer might understand and explain.