He seemed as eager to answer her questions as she was to ask them, and it surprised her to hear he didn't know what music was — or at least didn't know what the accented word meant when it came from her mouth. Before she answered, he continued to talk, telling her how he was from New Brunswick (a place she didn't know). As Tlantli rapped on the cave wall once more, she mulled over the members of Anathema. They all came from such different places, it seemed, but none of them — that she'd met so far, at least — were from a region near her own home. How she longed for the sunlit civilization that held the head of the Kimaris family. Metetztli would be so proud of her, she was certain. She'd make him proud.
The news about Jackson's family caused her to pause and look at the child. His father was there, with someone named Agony, but his mother was gone. Though he spoke with such certainty, she could tell he felt sorrow. One golden hand reached out to pat the pup atop his black-and-white head. "Aye ahm sorry for the lost ahf tu madre, your mother." It was strange for the coyote to feel such sympathy for another. "Mi padre, maye papa, he ess gone. Like your mama. But aye have a new papa, a better papa." Her explanation of her own situation was there perhaps to give him some hope. He could find another mother. A replacement. It was so easy in childhood.
Her bracelets jangled gently. "Musik ess what worlds use to communicate. You haft never see drums or geetars?" It was shocking. Eternian life was built on celebrations, and music was such an intricate part of those, that she didn't realize the rest of the world might not understand.
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