Moonspear just the way I like it here

There was a small, small part of Katmai that was suddenly suspicious of the man. It was just that the worry was familiar to him, now. Kinusi had said almost the same thing. Was this the person who had put such an idea into her head? That what she was was somehow too much instead of an lovely wealth?

He did not speak the same words of reassurance to Alaric, though he did wag his tail and reply, "I am very pleased to meet you, as my father was very pleased to know you."

Then his hero-worship was back. He could not decided if it was his father who had embellished or Alaric who was downplaying his prowess — but either way, he was well impressed by the man.

"Kinusi and Treepie say that you are a wise healer as well," he told the man, his tail whisking. "I do not know much of healing, but Kini has been teaching me some of the songs that she had learned from you. We have been travelling together for a month or so."