Dragoncrest Cliffs Snapdragons

chacal was weeping, and somehow it sparked her mother's own tears. "so odd, so beautiful, to have you here along wit de lates'. it reminds me dat i have been a mot'er for so long, an' happy to be one." she reached to kiss the shining jetstone cheek, sighing gently as she leaned back to rest.
for a long time she said nothing, content in completion to lay alongside chacal as the young woman interacted with her baby brother and sister.
i love dem so
delighted tears stood in erzulie's eyes. she listened to the sea move along the cliffs; she caught the tang of salt in the wind, and her jaws split into a comfortable yawn, a smile that spun gold back to her sun-capped daughter.
"you be a fine tanzanite."