Rising Sun Valley ﹌ Kilvan

oh! as he tucked the petal in to her wet fur she alerted to his presence, not realizing how close he was, and not used to such a small, intimate moment - especially from someone who may as well be a stranger. he was there and then focused elsewhere, so it wasn't like a lingering problem, but skuka was temporarily surprised.
the idea of eating the flowers was a little bit... odd. not unheard of, but not a common practice that she had seen. she did not recognize some of the flowers he spoke about, either.
we had only used it in paintings, she explained.
for the boys going on their first solo hunts, or men for their weddings, and those kinds of things. for the face, or the body. you drink the nectar? how can there be enough? it would take weeks of gathering for the tsahik to make enough paste for one person, let alone many.
different things must grow by the sea, she reasoned.
skuka feigned interest in a cluster of water lilies floating not far from them, near the patch that tey'gan had visited for his bathing, and saw the wide green leaves, some with suspended blossoms.