Moonspear as side-passed lovers lost in the dark

"the edge of streams. higher up, a little. where there is much sunlight," she finished upon a nervous twitch of her ears. arcturus was near unreadable, and kukutux still did not understand why he sought such specific things. why fight the way of nature? she was reminded that her first fire-time was yet to come, and that she must take advantage of the season, bear children to a husband now and do so every year thereafter.

if only such things were less complicated now, as they had been before. "arcturus," and the snowbird found her tones steadier than she had expected, "this woman? she is in your heart?"