Arrow Lake with a spine of steel

nontu! praimfaya greets ingram in trig when he comes into her view, her whole body quaking with the force of her wagging tail. she is aware that he does not speak trigedasleng as the wanlida and herself but in her relief and excitement at being home and seeing him again praimfaya slips. though he greets blodreina first, praimfaya beams through the mud that cakes her, proud as a peacock when he addresses her. i did?! she asks with a curious cant of her head, turning to look at blodreina who offers her a tired nod. her first thought after it being confirmed was that she should track down stag and show him in the way that he'd sought her out to tell her about his name.

first she's going to need a bath, she thinks, as she peers down at her mud caked legs with a small wrinkle of her nose. covered in mud was no way for a wanheda to meet with anyone. can we go? she asks her parents, eager to get herself cleaned up, her tiredness dissipating in the want to boast to her playmate about her 'new eyes'.