Silverlight Terrace but your so far away

why did she act so? kukutux could not help the shuddering into herself that had come upon her at the redsun's question, and wanted desperately to devote herself toward the finer details of what it was he wished in a mate. a woman to come and live with him upon the island, though could be only one empress, kukutux felt certain. she would be a noble wife and any children born to their hearth would have the esteem of his importance.

toad amelia. desdemona. perhaps nyx, though she knew only the woman's name through murmurings and not her face. and toad no longer resided upon the mountain. perhaps her future was better assured in the glen of fireflies. aiolos, speaking, speaking, and at last the duck let the full expression of her jade-carved gaze rest upon him. 

"why did you ask if i had happiness?" the duck blurted, ears cupping back against her skull. but she had been jarred by it, wonderment and wariness mingling like rain and duck fat inside her mind. she must know, for the sake of their companionship, and kukutux knew she must trust that he would tell her truthfully.