Blackfoot Forest i. please be gentle,

"sandy," she tested with a small grin. though she kept it to herself that she preferred his full name. it was a good name. 

the dove simply stared at him, blinking once in utter shock. how quickly all the children of their village had grown! samani -- a wife! 

"we are kin, then." the herd-stalker gestured between the two of them with her muzzle, murmuring the words as the realization struck her. "samani is daughter of aiwë's hearth. kukutux and aiwë raised cubs together, aiwë is second wife to sunman."