Hold back the melancholy
12-11-2015, 08:43 PM
The scent of a pup was something that was quite easy to pick out, and just as difficult to ignore. Usually, children tended to be accompanied by adults, their parents or caregivers.. but this scent was independent from the others. It caught the attention of Védís as she wove between the draping willow trees. Even in the winter, their branches reached low to the ground, providing quite a bit of cover. She felt safe here, among the bowed branches of the willow trees, engulfed in the darkness of night. Her paws carried her silently across the earth, moving as stealthily as she could in the quiet of night and with the gentle creaking of snow beneath her paws.
Feeling too curious to ignore it, the female would begin to trail after the scent. Though Védís wasn't exactly selfless, she was not completely uncaring - and she wouldn't sleep well tonight unless she confirmed that she wasn't leaving a child alone, if they needed help. Her head was drawn to the earth, nostrils flaring as she moved closer. When the scent was closest, her gaze would avert upward, scanning the night for the stranger. It was a pup, as she had anticipated, and she swore she caught him shivering. A slight frown touched her lips as she took a few careful steps forward. "Excuse me, child?" she would ask gently, examining the boy quietly. "Are you okay?"