Primp and preen

What she thought would be a quick stop to visit her parents on their way through Boreas turned into a whole plot and plan just from her mother's brief, whispered mention to her about how she wanted to do something nice for her father. She had seen her mother's struggle for the first few months after she returned before the season changed and she finally made her move to The Hallows and this was the first real sign of the mother she had once known in so, so long so Briar immediately jumped into it whole heartedly. With Artorias keeping her father busy doing who knew what, she snuck her mother away to prepare for her parent's date night.

She drew her mother a warm bath and pulled some of the nicely scented soaps from the supply store, getting everything set up before she ushered her mom over for an impromptu spa day. "Don't you worry, mom. By the time I'm done your fur is gonna be so soft and shiny!" If there was one thing Briar was an expert at it was baths and grooming. She hated to be dirty or have a hair out of place and that had only been made worse with her newly grown out tail. It was constantly getting tangled so she was always having to brush it out or have Lia help her braid it to keep it out of the way. That's how she had it now, tucked up to keep it out of the way while they were traveling.

Briar helped Zee into the warm water, taking her treasured cheetah coat before she did and carefully hanging it over a near by branch. She came back to the side of the tub and started lathering up a cloth with some of the soap so she could start working it through her mother's fur. "What suddenly got you wanting to do all of this?" she asked curiously, peeking up at her mother while she worked.

"Briar Fatalis"