6/3/2025, 11:59 PM
not sharadoii, not lanzadoii, not even the crooked plains-speech the mountain traders used. and yet... they were not hostile. they were not cold.
her ear twitched.
the girl didn’t understand her. not fully. but her meaning shimmered like sun in water.
cloud lash smiled. she nodded once, firmly, and bent to pick a sprig of dried sweetgrass from the bundle tied at her side. carefully, she placed it beside citlali’s outstretched paw. a gift. a wordless thank-you in turn.
her ear twitched.
the girl didn’t understand her. not fully. but her meaning shimmered like sun in water.
cloud lash smiled. she nodded once, firmly, and bent to pick a sprig of dried sweetgrass from the bundle tied at her side. carefully, she placed it beside citlali’s outstretched paw. a gift. a wordless thank-you in turn.
yes,she whispered,
grat-itude.and then, softly again,
you are welcome in valley.