and the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor
Pale lids fell over cornflower blue eyes, but even if she had wanted to, Vesper knew she would not be able to sleep. There was too much on her mind, and she supposed now would be as good a time as ever to mull it over, with the rain outside thrumming gently on the rocks overhanging many of the limestone caverns. She went over patrols in her head, imagined schedules and lists, reached out to grasp an idea before casting it away again. When that was finished, she stretched her small forepaws out and imagined hands gripping an arrow, pulling back the string to her jaw, loosing with a twang that would eventually stop hitting her arm.
She thought, and thought, and thought, and then a call came at the entrance to her home.
Truthfully, she was not surprised that Sparrow would come. She hadn’t expected that her timid sister would approach her den directly, but a private conversation had been a long time coming. Other than their reunion and a brisk tour of Inferni territory, they had not had the time to meet each other one-on-one. Vesper found herself curious as to how her sibling was settling in, and she knew the other would have questions of her own. Now was as good a time as ever to get all the talking out of the way so they might have a chance at being normal.
The dappled tawny coyote opened one eye but did not budge. “Yeah, come in,” she said clearly, her coal-tipped tail twitching away behind her. She lifted her head from her skinny scarred forelimbs and prepared herself to adjust to the light, as dim as it was outside from the hidden sun.
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