The calico-patterned female explained that she was a carpenter—but also a singer and dancer. Unatsikanogeni blinked in surprise but threw her a smile, guessing why she’d been attracted to the drumbeats in the first place; he’d known a few dancers from the Great Tribe, and it was hard for them not to get into the rhythm no matter where it was coming from. They danced spiritual dances throughout the entire day, even if it was a little movement while picking squash or a tapping of the foot while watching the rain fall. He personally was a rather uncoordinated dancer, but he used to find it fun before the war.
“A guitar?” Unatsi asked, tilting his head. “Who knows? I don’t know everyone in the Tribe yet, but we can maybe have a little band of musicians.” He grinned broadly. “It would be odd for you to just sing to a drumbeat, without a real harmony, but there’s nothing stopping you from dancing, is there? Unless you’ve got a lame leg today or something.” He stared critically at her limbs.
Her teasing of Anatole made the red wolf smile nervously, though the black and gold male took it with a smile of his own. He mentioned Claudius (a member whom Una hadn’t met personally yet though he’d seen the tan-dappled wolf around) then began to tap away slightly at the drum. Brighter green eyes flashed to the red wolf’s, and he smiled reassuringly, his hands falling into a soft rhythm against his leg. He hoped that Anatole might be able to follow the relatively simple beat, and it might even be fun just keeping that up while Unatsi slapped away at whatever he could to produce noise. They might even be able to goad Sigh into dancing; that’d be a treat.
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Anatole is awkward "sometimes?" ;D Fast lamepost!
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