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Kieran frowned trying hard to answer he question. He didn't know how to say the common tongue. He tightened his jaw, trying to figure out how to explain. He smiled when he realized, or hoped he could explain.

"So'tiz waaat yer say after someone says t'anks." Kieran watched their interaction, and a pain lanced across his heart. Would Kiva had been that way, with their babes? Would she have loved them as much as Kaskara loved Kiv? He hoped she would have. THen his mind went down a forbidden path, of grief. Would they have looked like him? Or her? Or would they have been a mix of their colors. Would they have been sweet and kind like Kiva, or wild and cocky like him?