Qeya River fables

"Star Eater"... a beautifully strange name, Other Shore noted as she repeated it to herself in her head. Star Eater, Star Eater, Star Eater. Gentle and terrifying. Back home, a name like this would be a truly rare find. Other Shore took an odd liking to it. And "Sun Eater"... yet another peculiar name. Fitting for Star Eater's mate, and definitely very fitting for a chieftain. Firm and powerful. 

Other Shore's ears perked up at Star Eater's mention of that place called "Saatsine". Or was it a place? A pack, maybe? The name of the river? Saat...sine... she muttered, without realizing she was talking out loud. The word rolled off her tongue

Strange, strange names. 

Did she remember how she got here? Other Shore struggled to pull memories from her head, still swimming through fatigue. Star Eater's eyes were staring at her, not quite glaring, just... watching, with an unusual soft coldness. Under the woman's gaze, Other Shore searched for an answer, and found none. She could only recall running... running from something, and not stopping until she collapsed.

I... don't know, she responded quietly. I was running from... something... and I forgot to stop...

Even as she said it out loud, her own words sounded strange to her. Running, and then just forgetting to stop? It sounded to her like a lie as much as she knew she was telling the truth.