Moonspear Longstoryshort.

Sialuk summoned them nearer, mentioning that their visitor was in fact Towhee, Killdeer’s grandmother. Needless to say, Treepie stumbled as they hastened down the mountainside, their yellow eyes fixed on the mythical figure.

-“Hello! It’s nice to meet you!”- the child signed eagerly, deftly mimicking the words they’d practiced many times in preparation for this very situation. -“My name is P-I-E!”-

Only belatedly did Treepie really register what Killdeer had said. Their head whipped toward him now, eyes flown wide as they processed his words. Towhee was their great grandmother? They looked back at her, marveling… and mind-melding a bit, apparently, because the instant Pie felt an overwhelming urge to hug her, Towhee’s arms flung open.