Dragoncrest Cliffs Sunsetter

he would be run off, he knew it. the faces he knew did not come this far northwest, and he had not seen any of them for such a long time. but he knew this space; he had lived here very briefly in that muddy time between the rise and the now.

then a figure did appear; she moved from shadow, a song buried in her throat. it was not a familiar sound - having originated at a time where his ears had been freshly unfolded, and that was a full lifetime ago - but he saw the face of the woman, and his heart skipped a beat.

maman, he called out to her - it was a foreign word upon Reki's tongue but the guard had used it so many times now, it must have been the title for this woman. she moved closer and Reki's desperation to stay warred with his sudden urge to run, so a quaking lurched through his haunches, and he lowered himself to the dirt with his tail curled.