[ How about a lizard? It'd suit his temperament? :c ]
[ Li hesitates a moment, then settles crosslegged in the sand, something neatly fastidious in the way he sits down, pinching the thighs of his trousers and hitching them a fraction to save the crease at the knee. At Laruna's question, he says, a little shyly (or is it just a subdued tone? It's impossible to tell), ]
Just one sister. Younger than me.
[ The only place he can see her -- tangibly, literally -- is in the City. Back home... she may as well be stardust. ]
8)
[ Li hesitates a moment, then settles crosslegged in the sand, something neatly fastidious in the way he sits down, pinching the thighs of his trousers and hitching them a fraction to save the crease at the knee. At Laruna's question, he says, a little shyly (or is it just a subdued tone? It's impossible to tell), ]
Just one sister. Younger than me.
[ The only place he can see her -- tangibly, literally -- is in the City. Back home... she may as well be stardust. ]