Northstar Vale Colored indigo

Soon another paw joined hers drawing the Princess' gaze back up. The man once again said her mother's name, but she wasn't quite sure why. That's what she said? Then came a drawn-out word. Hotaru squinted, but she tried again Emm...mprr—errr Had she done it? She expected some kind of praise just as her parents had given her in her feeble attempts at requesting songs.

Then he gestured to himself, drawing the girl's eyes back up. Clay. Then to the ground, Moss. C—Ccway— moss. She wasn't entirely sure what he meant, but she did her best to at least repeat his words. Both were unfamiliar, but something about the way he pointed made her think they might mean something. Since his paw was directed at the moss between them she'd scrape at it with her own until a  small patch of dirt had been revealed.