Starglow Basin asco

more gestures, more speaking. soto's ears clip forward as the boy says hello back to him, this time accompanied by a wild signal of one paw.

a string of words follow. he recognizes only the names - towhee, the amazon -- bushtit, the boy -- and himself, soto.

si, he nods, moving around the animated boy. his attention lingers on towhee yet is pulled when he speaks of fiamma.

does he have news of sangre? soto's lips twitch. fiamma? la llamo?