Noctisardor Bypass aulana

the sound of the other's voice made the child jump a bit, and she ogled upward at the pleasant grin and the empty eye socket. fear would have risen then, had not skaigona recognized the scent of their home, of the dark man, and the reminiscence of the fairy-wolf who had told her secrets beside the pool.
small head snapped back 'round. the winged insect had begun to flutter away. encouraged, skaigona pounced, and then again, snapping into the tiny body with a quick lash of her tail.
"bleh!" she spat it out, looking now suspiciously in the stranger's direction. "tase bad!" but the butterfly was forgotten soon. skaigona sniffed toward the grownup. "what you'naym?"