Moonspear ^________^

Tikaani didn’t know for certain. Treepie felt mostly confident in their deduction, though it begged another question: what made a boy a boy and what made a girl a girl? Pie knew how to tell the difference, though as they sat there and pondered it, they couldn’t explain how they knew.

I’ll ask ana— they made to repeat, only they were interrupted by a cold raindrop plopping on the bridge of their muzzle.

Pie instinctively looked upward, where the sky rapidly grew dark with thunderclouds. They announced themselves with a dull peal and a few more raindrops. Even though it was a summer storm, the water sent a chill zinging through Treepie’s bones.

Time to take shelter, they said to Tiki, nudging her toward Moonshadow’s ulaq.