say you'll never let me go

This place was like none Solveiga had ever seen before. The rocks here were all sorts of warm, vibrant colors, and they dipped and curved like waves on the ocean. It was beautiful. Her spirits had been lifted a bit lately, after meeting the lively Seraphiel and perhaps even making a friend. She was beginning to believe that maybe, just maybe, she could do this. Maybe she could be independent. Still, she traveled on, not in search of anything in particular. She just wanted to keep moving, discovering new places, as she had done when her brother was still around to guide her. But now it was up to her where she went next. Some days that worried her, but today it worked out to her advantage. She had found this beautiful place.

The little wolf made a bit of a game of hopping from rock to rock, acting like she couldn't touch the ground. It was a game she and her brother used to play, but it was fun enough alone, until she landed on a more wobbly rock and jumped off of it onto the ground before it could fall and take her with it. She sighed and stretched a little, deciding that her games were over and she should focus on finding some water in this place. There wasn't much, as the landscape itself was mostly dry rock. But she found a little trickle leaking from a larger stream or spring somewhere and bent her head to drink. As she did, she let her mind wander. She had tried not to think about her brother these past few days, and doing so had improved her mood. But he was family. He was the thing she loved most in the world. And so, it was impossible to keep her mind off of him for long. She pulled her head away from the little trickle of water, looking around to see that she was safe before settling into her haunches for a moment. She was coping well enough without him, but what was she supposed to be doing, in the long run? She had yet to figure that out.