Moonspear Listen children

Her friend painted quite the picture. Treepie quickly decided the tale wouldn’t really need embellishments, especially if she mostly used Tikaani’s own words. Tiuttuk listened raptly to every one, trying to commit them to memory.

“…but I’m here now,” she concluded. Pie smiled and tugged at her leg, hugging against her. She leaned to let her head rest on Tiki’s shoulder, trying not to dwell on the fact she’d shouted at her moments ago.

If you think you’d ever want to go up there again, maybe you and I could go together. It sounds like the sunrise is worth the downsides, Pie mused, cheek still resting on the slope of her pal’s shoulder blade. And no risk of loneliness if we promise to stick together up there.