Ocean's Breath Plateau sistersun [m]

marina's answer surprised chakliux, who drew away somewhat to ensure their gazes met. for a space of time, a heart's moment, he looked for trepidation, a resigned nature. grief. unsurety. 
but he did not find those things in her eyes, and slowly his face grew delighted, and he sank back into the warmth of her fur and her own arms, caressing with a soft whisper; "i will stay as long as you have me."
stability. conviction. passion. dedication. 
pleasure.
interminable, until the common tongue fled chakliux and on the end of a long inhale, he murmured, "kunik," for her alone.
the waves became his body, their song her voice. salt and marrow and blood and a long savouring that reached into the faint hours of dawn over moontide.