Moonspear diamonds in his pockets

Kindle concluded that Kira must have left home rather early, or else her parents had just been very protective over their children. His elder cousins had taken him border-marking starting at perhaps three or four months of age, and so it did all seem quite simple to him now.

"There's nothing to it," he assured her. "We just want everyone who passes by to know who this land belongs to. So anywhere you can't smell us, you mark. And anywhere that smells like someone else, you mark."

He lifted his leg demonstratively on a tree trunk.

And then, at Kira's question, he offered a wink.

"Stick with me, kid. I've got an in," he replied. "If you're really worried, we can go see 'em right now."