He tells her "ooh love".
No, not Lacey. Neither Wallace, but Mother. Or mom for that matter. Kharon’s first word had been the name Father had given mother, without knowing what it was or meant. Having seen the pained look upon her mother’s face, Kylin had never called her that. And she wouldn’t. But neither did she like it when Father called mother Lacey. She wasn’t Lacey, she was Mother.
But none of those things were on Kylin’s mind right now. It was only the second time she left the island since her birth and she couldn’t be more excited. Their trip to the lake had been fun, and she had even made a friend there. Maybe she would gain another friend on this trip. Or maybe it was Mother which who she would bond. Glancing to the side she presses her nose up against Wallace’s side, nuzzling her before prancing a few steps forwards so she walks ahead of her mother.
Ooh’s en aah’s spill from her lips, curious to discover everything this new world has to show her. So little she had seen, so little she knew. And everything simply looked amazing. Sometimes she’d say: ”Oh mom, look at that! We don’t have that at home.” Kylin pointed out all new amazing things to her, trying to get her mother excited too.
But no, mom stayed quiet, and Kylin falls back to her side quiet too. But the twinkle in her eyes shows her amazement, ears twisting around and breath sometimes stocking. ”It’s amazing mommy, thank you!” she answers sweetly, almost breathless as she glances around. The river is so different from the little spring she knows, and it doesn’t even look like the sea too. Her eyes are glued to it, natural instinct for that matter. Kylin presses closer against her mother’s side, not raelly much like the yearling she was, but still very nice.
”Talk to who?” she asks, almost confused as she looks up, blinking her eyes she shakes her head, then looking back from Mother to the water. She didn’t want to talk, she wanted to play with the water, see if it felt just as the sea. Maybe she could practice swimming here too. ”Can’t we just play at the riverbank?” she then asks, her head tilting as she looks up to her Mother almost pleading.