Starglow Basin asco

the amazon and soto share this in common; neither have the patience necessary to ford the chasm that was their mutual language barrier. 

soto’s eye scans the plains for fiamma, turning to the young boy as he speaks. soto studies him as he speaks again, this time to his mother with a string of gestures unknowable to soto. 

it is then soto realizes the utility of such a language; by sight alone they could communicate in times where silence was necessary. he envisions a future race of verapaz; where signals could be communicated great distances, under cover as they move in enemy camps undetected. 

he raises his paw, seeking the boy’s face before signaling the only sign he knew; the very first thing bushtit taught him - hello.