Moonspear it's real quiet here

Despite his best intentions, his expression did slip quite immediately out of his careful control. He was not, it seemed, very adept at subterfuge. His mouth popped open and his ears pinged to the top of his head.

"Oh — well — " His tail had started whisking at once, and he forced it still, now. "I hope so, one day," he said, and he even managed to say it quite calmly. "I believe she understands my intentions. But we are still young. I haven't felt those — urges. Yet."

But he knew (he thought he knew) he wanted that with Kinusi. She sang so freely, and she danced when she walked, and her heart was bold and beautiful. Katmai was smitten, and he could not imagine the feeling ever passing.

"I have been taught to treat women with the utmost respect," he assured Treepie, his tail wiggling more nervously, now. "I would not force her if she didn't... If she truly..."

Oh, it hurt to think the words!

"I only hope," he finished, a bit lamely.