"They do like to get into everything when they're little, don't they?" Amaata said shrewdly. Kuroth hadn't ever been as excitable as Rask, but he had always been a curious little snapper, and he had initially been able to squeeze into all sorts of places to eavesdrop.
"I used to have to pull Kuroth out of all sorts of nooks and crannies," Amaata continued. "He's very curious, you see; he liked to hide under things and just listen for as long as I would net him." None of what he'd learned was relevant here, but Amaata still remembered everything. For Kuroth.
Of course, now Kuroth was a lot bigger; he couldn't sneak around anymore. But now they had Skatha, who would never be anything but small.