Moonspear nightmares

Ever asked a little kid their name, and they just hide their face? :P

Sialuk beamed when Meerkat stretched out her leg. Gently, as she'd seen her mother do a time or two before, Sialuk applied the paste of plant and saliva to the small puncture wounds. She was sure her mother would have done a better job, but Sialuk was reasonably proud of the work she'd done. The raindrop had never had a patient before, but apparently watching her mother all this time had paid off.

Meerkat had given her name, and Sialuk balked, pulling away now that the makeshift bandaid was on. Without her mother, father, or brother here to speak for her, she suddenly felt very hot. Sialuk shook her head from side to side, then bolted away. Speaking was not on the menu today.