Sunbeam Lair surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life

@Asterr !

Her thirst for knowledge had neither died nor dimmed, and in its undiminished state it drove her. She spent her every waking moment outside, nosing around the mouth of the den, exploring as far as she dared. What plants she knew she named under her breath, and she whispered their uses to them with respect. Shiori delighted in glimpses of animals in the brush, particularly birds, whose beauty and flight she envied. Yet still she wanted to know more, and so she sought out her mother, her greatest source of information.

Kachan? she called, nosing in the underbrush near the den as though her mother was hiding behind a single leaf.