Sun Mote Copse smashed

He still burned for Sialuk, but the feeling was tempered, at least, at the excitement of visiting Towhee again. He hadn't been to the Copse since before he joined Moonspear for the second time, and he was looking forward to seeing how Seal and Towhee Jr.—the latter of whom he didn't know well—were faring.

Sialuk spoke to the children in her own tongue. Privately, he thought of it as the 'moon-language.' He barely knew a word of it, and so remained quiet; maybe she would teach him, sometime. 

She had already taught and given him so much.

Killdeer gave her a smile, then turned the expression to the wriggling bunch of kids, enjoying their excitement.