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"The otter seated himself there, facing the window, and helped her up as well. He assumed Corgis built their beds lower. Together they sat, his arm around her waist and their gazes out the window. Below, villagers milled about. Several colorful forms zipped through the village on butterfly wings—faerrets. After several minutes longer than she'd ever seen Flots sit still, she cleared her throat. "Umm, is something supposed to happen?"

"Shhh. Patience, monk." His light kiss swept away any comeback she might have made. He looked to her with smiling eyes, the starlight clear and cool behind him.

And it was then that the spells drifted skyward, blossoming into delicate plumes of light in colors unknown and unnamed in all the world's gardens. Some swirled and spiraled, others fluttered and flew, still others shimmered and streaked like falling stars: all crafted by the paws of villagers, then set free to soar like airships built of ethereal glow, piloted by the glitter-winged faerrets. Silent, scentless, like so many treasures in life, they hid from those who couldn't be bothered to stop and look. In fact, the only greater beauty the otter could think of came in the reflection of the spells in his Corgi's eyes."

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This was a commissioned work for  tempo321

It is an illustration for his wonderful story, Adept Paws, which you can read a short (but beautiful!) bit of here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7941802/

My original artwork can be seen here: http://i46.tinypic.com/x6d1lh.jpg
...But the colors were a bit bland, so they were tweaked by  Chromamancer
So these bold, beautiful colors are his doing, really!

If you like adorable, snuggly, and all-around beautiful stories that will make you feel all warm and fuzzy, you should check out  tempo321
(May I suggest his awesome western-style story, Sixes Wild? IT'S REALLY GOOD!)

Anyway...
Characters Gwen, Flots © tempo321
Art by me
Color tweaking by  chromamancer