Totoka River aniruk ✿

kukutux blinked, but a smile swam to light her face. "you have not disturbed me, and i would welcome your help." still pleasantly taken off-guard, the duck emerged more fully from the half-finished ulaq and turned to stand alongside tokha, regarding it in silence.

"i am kukutux,"  the girl murmured after a heartbeat of time had passed. she enjoyed the sound of the other's name — it reminded her of music. "and i have never built one of these before," came her sheepish admission. the friendliness with which tokha had greeted her was infectious, it seemed, and she felt her consternation slipping quickly away.